OK, just got off the phine and realized it was 1 minute to flip, so might as well see what the grid looked like... but am off to bed now - happy babbling

12:02 am

jillibus

ah, them were the daze, kje

12:02 am

Jellen

G'night, kje

12:02 am

jillibus

nighty night kje :)

12:02 am

magazinemom

Hi all!

12:02 am

kje

jilli - i made need to borrow those : )

12:02 am

magazinemom

Jellen- are you iced in?

12:02 am

kje

poof

12:02 am

jillibus

hi mag

12:03 am

westford

jilli I meant size wise

12:03 am

magazinemom

hey jilli

12:03 am

jillibus

I know, west ;)

12:03 am

TeaNCrackers

hi ho the flippy oh!

12:04 am

jillibus

hi TnC

12:04 am

westford

I can't see your earrings or read the Chanel story and I've refreshed 3 times

12:04 am

TeaNCrackers

hi jilli

12:04 am

westford

hi tea and mag

12:04 am

jillibus

weird, west!

12:04 am

TeaNCrackers

hi west

12:04 am

magazinemom

hey west, tea

12:04 am

justafreep

st7

12:05 am

TeaNCrackers

hi mag

12:05 am

jillibus

try "forced refresh" -- or are you afflicted with a Mac?

12:05 am

westford

I really really want to

12:05 am

licketySplitAUS

Clues are up

12:05 am

MLFAN17

hello

12:05 am

westford

love all your icons and stories

12:05 am

Kazozz

thx lickety

12:05 am

magazinemom

ty lickety!

12:05 am

TeaNCrackers

thank you lickety

12:05 am

westford

I am fortunated with Mac lol

12:05 am

westford

I made that up

12:06 am

jillibus

wonderful, Lickety!

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

I'm late; I'm late for the fliparoo, but howdy doo anyway!!

12:06 am

stidmama

flip (late) and hello

12:06 am

westford

ty lickety that was quickety

12:06 am

TeaNCrackers

hi stiddy

12:06 am

Kazozz

wa 7/48

12:06 am

westford

hi dee and stid

12:06 am

TeaNCrackers

hi volley

12:06 am

magazinemom

hey dee, stid

12:06 am

Jellen

Sorry magmon...think we can get out, but we didn't try today!

12:06 am

jillibus

hi stid :)

12:06 am

MLFAN17

WA 6/7

12:06 am

westford

oh my a tenner

12:06 am

VolleymomDee

hi teal, west; hugs jili

12:07 am

justafreep

ov9/10!

12:07 am

westford

wow justa wtg

12:08 am

stidmama

*giggle* lickety-quickety...

12:08 am

jillibus

got an ov7...

12:08 am

Kazozz

ty justa...found it

12:09 am

justafreep

ve7

12:09 am

Hugabugs

late flip - Hi everyone

12:09 am

MLFAN17

VE 7

12:09 am

stidmama

hey hugs

12:09 am

jillibus

hi hugs

12:09 am

justafreep

gee, mlf, ya mean the one i called :-)

12:09 am

justafreep

thanks for the ov7, jilli!

12:09 am

MLFAN17

no freep you meant the one i called

12:10 am

VolleymomDee

howdy hug! hi freep

12:10 am

justafreep

hi, dee

12:10 am

jillibus

yw freep -- not often I find anything before you do!

12:10 am

Hugabugs

Hi stid,jilli and Dee

12:10 am

stidmama

brb phone

12:10 am

jillibus

hi dee hi

12:11 am

tempo

da6

12:11 am

flosey

Hi all, late flip, had to run security scan

12:11 am

stidmama

ho dee ho *giggle*

12:11 am

jillibus

hi flosey!

12:11 am

Uneaixoise

da6 x 2

12:11 am

BlueAndAmy

Hi everyone :-)

12:11 am

BlueAndAmy

Bonjour, Stid ;-)

12:12 am

herinfernallady

hi again. I just got a message from a mate saying they are out of water in their lake

12:12 am

jillibus

stid -- you're in the grid

12:12 am

VolleymomDee

hi mag, jell, stid... lol... anyone I missed

12:12 am

jillibus

hi B&A

12:12 am

BlueAndAmy

Herin! :-) Hi! How's the new kitty?

12:12 am

MLFAN17

ER 6/7

12:12 am

jillibus

yikes, herin!

12:12 am

BlueAndAmy

Hey Jilli :-D

12:12 am

herinfernallady

Ate my sandwich earlier

12:13 am

Uneaixoise

st7 if not called

12:13 am

BlueAndAmy

shutup.... hahaha... lemme guess... tuna?

12:13 am

MLFAN17

une it was called but thank you

12:13 am

herinfernallady

No water means less visitors at their caravan park. NO Lemon Butter Amy he ate just the bread and not the crust

12:13 am

jillibus

wrond, B&A!

12:13 am

Jellen

NBT

12:13 am

jillibus

wrong

12:14 am

stidmama

hey flosey...

12:14 am

BlueAndAmy

yay Jellen, that was fast!

12:14 am

jillibus

oh my, jellen!

12:14 am

BlueAndAmy

Ooooo so the little guy's got quite the appetite, huh?

12:14 am

stidmama

jellen? jellen has been stuck at home too long...

12:14 am

westford

hello flosey

12:14 am

herinfernallady

yes he is a garbage guts ate a paprika potato the other night

12:15 am

BlueAndAmy

HA

12:15 am

BlueAndAmy

hahaha herin that's hysterical

12:15 am

magazinemom

so 7/28

12:16 am

VolleymomDee

da 6 x 2

12:16 am

herinfernallady

he is a little monster

12:16 am

Kazozz

NBT.. trying to get to 100 before bed!

12:17 am

BlueAndAmy

yay kazozz! :-)

12:17 am

stidmama

I got a v 7... *facepalm* I wish I coulda had a v8... *wicked grin*

12:17 am

stidmama

go kaz go!

12:17 am

TeaNCrackers

oh stiddy

12:17 am

papasquat08

how do you play this

12:17 am

TeaNCrackers

NBT here, too

12:17 am

Jellen

*groan* Stid!

12:17 am

stidmama

yes, tea? *innocent look*

12:17 am

BlueAndAmy

harharharhar stid... :-D

12:18 am

Hugabugs

oh geez stid... *groans*

12:18 am

TeaNCrackers

that was a BAD one!

12:18 am

jillibus

pap, have a look at the Help up above

12:18 am

BlueAndAmy

hi papa... there are easy rules and stuff if you click "help" above the chat

12:18 am

stidmama

LOL

12:18 am

stidmama

HA! NBT!!!!

12:18 am

BlueAndAmy

but basically it's like boggle if you've ever played it (only with more comedians hahaha)

12:18 am

papasquat08

ty

12:18 am

Hugabugs

so6

12:19 am

Uneaixoise

stid's on a roll!!

12:19 am

Kazozz

da 8/50 if not called

12:19 am

stidmama

*takes comedic bow*

12:19 am

Hugabugs

st6

12:19 am

BlueAndAmy

yippee stidmama!! :-)

12:19 am

TeaNCrackers

an onion roll!

12:19 am

flosey

Jilli - very interesting earrings

12:19 am

jillibus

une, sweet grandpa!

12:20 am

Uneaixoise

:-D

12:20 am

jillibus

I thought so, flosey -- where ar yours?

12:20 am

MLFAN17

SN6

12:21 am

flosey

a bit nervous about them, that's when I got the message that I had to scan and found a virus

12:21 am

stidmama

yes, Une had a tres adorable grandfather!

12:21 am

Uneaixoise

i know my mom adored him :-)

12:21 am

VolleymomDee

I am blind to the ve 7... hmmm

12:21 am

jillibus

flosey, don't you have Norton or McAfee?

12:22 am

Kazozz

103 found... bedtime for me! night all :)

12:22 am

flosey

had Norton but now have Shaw Secure

12:22 am

stidmama

dee, I'll meet you there when you find it and we can sip mint juleps...

12:22 am

Uneaixoise

nite kaz

12:22 am

BlueAndAmy

Night Kazozz!! :-)

12:22 am

TeaNCrackers

thanks stiddy

12:22 am

stidmama

I don't know what a mint julep is, to be honest, but they always sound so refreshing...

12:22 am

stidmama

sweet dreams kazozz

12:22 am

rururocks

seems like nooner should be a word...

12:22 am

Hugabugs

tr6

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

oh crud stid... and my mama was a Southern belle... found it... how could I have missed that yum

12:23 am

jillibus

you would, ruru

12:23 am

MLFAN17

flosey why did you change?

12:23 am

TeaNCrackers

it is in my world, nooner

12:23 am

VolleymomDee

ty

12:23 am

Uneaixoise

got it as soon as you said that, dee! LOL

12:23 am

TeaNCrackers

nooner nooner nooner - my kids use it all the time!

12:23 am

rururocks

In my world it is in my vocabulary..lol

12:23 am

jillibus

I guess Shaw isn't so secure!

12:23 am

flosey

because I went with Shaw Cable

12:23 am

BlueAndAmy

hi ruru :-D

12:24 am

cindasu

extend the ve7 for ve9

12:24 am

stidmama

oh oh, we can't say the speedy-guy's name today... can I put him in the PB when he shows up?

12:24 am

Hugabugs

so6 x 2

12:24 am

TeaNCrackers

thanks cindasu

12:25 am

cindasu

yw

12:25 am

MLFAN17

extend the VE 7 ?

12:25 am

stidmama

oooh. thanks cinda!

12:25 am

jillibus

can we call an amnesty for using speedy's name?

12:25 am

VolleymomDee

wow what a word have sure never seen the ve 9 before

12:26 am

VolleymomDee

ty cind

12:26 am

stidmama

maybe... if he pays us in LOTS of choclit. *grin*

12:26 am

justafreep

wow. thanks, cind

12:26 am

jillibus

he can sitin the PB doling it out, stid

12:26 am

hurshy

kazz - which D is that da8 from?

12:27 am

stidmama

I like that id4 -- do you suppose he has packed yet?

12:27 am

cindasu

was trying for something else just a lucky monkey find

12:27 am

jillibus

I doubt it, stid, lol!

12:28 am

BlueAndAmy

ooooo i am really not seeing that ve 9... grrrr..... is it a word that makes, like, sense next to the ve7?

12:28 am

MLFAN17

got the VE 9 thanks to Morewords

12:28 am

stidmama

there are a LOT of Ws today, aren't there?

12:28 am

Uneaixoise

past tense blue

12:28 am

stidmama

it verbifies it, blue/amy

12:28 am

TeaNCrackers

its like if you put to ve on the house, you would have ve'd it

12:29 am

TeaNCrackers

oooooh 100 words - off to bed

12:29 am

jillibus

well, I haven't even found the ve7

12:29 am

flosey

ve9 sounds strange

12:29 am

BlueAndAmy

omg that was tricky!!!! but i got it almost by mistake ... thank you everyone :-)

12:29 am

stidmama

sweet dreams tea! I am 6 behind you.

12:29 am

jillibus

night TnC

12:29 am

stidmama

do blue go1

12:29 am

hurshy

the dreaded 14!

12:29 am

stidmama

or go... I am tired.

12:30 am

BlueAndAmy

bye tea :-)

12:30 am

mkg

how do you plural the va 7? that must be it but cant get it to work with monkeys.

12:30 am

hurshy

if i just could find that da8...

12:30 am

BlueAndAmy

um do go huh stid? LOL :-)

12:30 am

VolleymomDee

anyone find the bottom e 1st column

12:30 am

hurshy

es4/4

12:30 am

stidmama

yes, it is the last bits...

12:30 am

Dippnall

e4/4 babblet

12:31 am

stidmama

oh, sorry, wrong e *sits on figners and looks for 4 more words*

12:31 am

cindasu

mkg it is the ve7

12:31 am

VolleymomDee

ty hurshy & dipp

12:32 am

Hugabugs

au6

12:32 am

jillibus

1 BT to go -- the bottom A

12:32 am

jillibus

figners are cute

12:32 am

hurshy

is the da8 compound?

12:33 am

mkg

but how do you make it a 9 then?????????

12:33 am

VolleymomDee

ty kaz for the da 8

12:33 am

Pinikula

pt the ve7 for the ve9

12:33 am

Pinikula

hi all...

12:33 am

stidmama

go pini go!

12:33 am

Jellen

I think it's the Celebes buffalo, jilli...

12:33 am

mkg

pt?????? will try

12:33 am

Pinikula

(head was in grid)

12:33 am

Hugabugs

jilli - the ox

12:33 am

BlueAndAmy

it's actually the most, like, basic way to make any verb past tense... but it doesn't look like it should be spelled that way mkg

12:33 am

mkg

ty got it. wow.

12:34 am

jillibus

oh ty jellen -- hit me with it!

12:34 am

mkg

so if the ve 7 is a noun, then how is it past tense? bizarre indeed.

12:34 am

BlueAndAmy

i know, isn't it an annoying word? we should call merriam-webster and have it changed.

12:34 am

jillibus

NBT

12:34 am

VolleymomDee

was un 6 called

12:34 am

Jellen

Yay, jilli!

12:34 am

BlueAndAmy

yay jilli!

12:35 am

hurshy

volley - can you give me a pointer on that da8?

12:35 am

stidmama

go jill go!

12:35 am

Hugabugs

no, it wasn't Dee

12:35 am

VolleymomDee

start with the da 4... I think disney had a movie about a cat and this was one of the extended adjectives

12:36 am

westford

things kids say

12:36 am

stidmama

if we can have sundaes, why not daes?

12:36 am

VolleymomDee

ty hug

12:36 am

stidmama

ooh got the DA 8! tahnks volly!

12:36 am

magazinemom

ty dee

12:37 am

VolleymomDee

yw yw so glad that helped

12:37 am

Pinikula

NBT...time for bed...happy babbling!

12:37 am

Jellen

Thanks, Dee

12:37 am

cindasu

thanks volley

12:37 am

westford

gn pini

12:37 am

Jellen

G'night, Pini

12:37 am

stidmama

ah, that was also my 100th wurd. so I shall (reluctantly) go to bed and see you-all tomorrow at some point. Going out with a friend for a bit mid-day... looking forward to the non-academic, non-kid-specific outing.

12:38 am

jillibus

finally got those ve things

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

yw :)

12:38 am

stidmama

sweet dreams pini and all! *poof*

12:38 am

BlueAndAmy

Night Pini :-)

12:38 am

VolleymomDee

have fun stid; sleep well

12:38 am

justafreep

no7

12:38 am

BlueAndAmy

Ooo have fun Stid!

12:38 am

magazinemom

night pini, stid

12:38 am

westford

enjoy stid!!

12:38 am

hurshy

all i can think is aristocats :(

12:38 am

jillibus

night stid -- have afun!

12:38 am

jillibus

can't type right

12:38 am

Hugabugs

'nite stid - sleep well

12:38 am

Jellen

G'night, stid

12:38 am

jillibus

hi hursh

12:39 am

BlueAndAmy

me too hursh :-) what other cat movie was there?

12:39 am

westford

think art linkletter

12:39 am

Jellen

That Da** Cat, I believe...

12:39 am

magazinemom

da- means to mend something

12:39 am

BlueAndAmy

oh oh oh yeah wasn't Pollyanna in that one?

12:40 am

hurshy

oh bother. i tried that but with an e, because, well, that makes more sense.

12:40 am

magazinemom

yes blue! Hayley Mills

12:40 am

herinfernallady

Magmom I love your icon

12:40 am

BlueAndAmy

THANK you i could't think of her name

12:41 am

magazinemom

ty herin- that's my boy with our Blossom- right now she is in bed with my daughter

12:41 am

herinfernallady

Its is a really lovely picture

12:41 am

magazinemom

ty it is one of my favorites

12:42 am

VolleymomDee

ra 6 if not said

12:43 am

Hugabugs

no6 and no7

12:43 am

VolleymomDee

ty hug for the au 6

12:44 am

Hugabugs

yw Dee

12:44 am

VolleymomDee

and the no 6 and 7... I always miss those 3 words

12:45 am

VolleymomDee

I think nondead should be a word

12:45 am

hurshy

u

12:46 am

jillibus

I'm falling asleep

12:46 am

hurshy

and i'm just stuck at 10

12:46 am

Hugabugs

there should be a G in this grid

12:48 am

jillibus

I want drano

12:48 am

magazinemom

i want waiver

12:48 am

hurshy

go to agway

12:48 am

hurshy

or ace

12:49 am

Hugabugs

wa6 x 2

12:49 am

jillibus

no agway or ace here

12:49 am

herinfernallady

if that ress was together it would be interesting

12:50 am

Hugabugs

so6 x 3

12:50 am

VolleymomDee

sure would

12:51 am

rururocks

left column grey

12:51 am

Hugabugs

my phantom is addenda

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

mine is waitress

12:51 am

VolleymomDee

have entered it 4 times

12:51 am

pigeonman

anyone called the 9 or 10 yet?

12:52 am

pigeonman

hello

12:52 am

justafreep

fireworks

12:52 am

herinfernallady

hi

12:52 am

VolleymomDee

wtg freep!!! you are getting as fast as da4

12:52 am

Jellen

Yay, freep!!!

12:52 am

Jellen

ov 9/10

12:52 am

justafreep

and there's a 4th so6, btw, that I've never seen before

12:52 am

jillibus

YAY freep!

12:53 am

hurshy

sov something, right?

12:53 am

VolleymomDee

ty freep

12:53 am

justafreep

perhaps, hursh :-)

12:53 am

herinfernallady

I think ov 4 and ra 4 should be a word what happens when Vikings pillage to much

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

sounds good to me

12:54 am

VolleymomDee

or what you do to make the fridge empty :)

12:54 am

magazinemom

i like it herin!

12:54 am

hurshy

done.

12:54 am

herinfernallady

That too. Or what happens with stoners in your house

12:55 am

VolleymomDee

wtg hurshy

12:55 am

herinfernallady

FInished Hurshy ? Yah Justafreep

12:55 am

magazinemom

awesome hursh!

12:55 am

Jellen

Yay, hurshy!!!

12:55 am

BlueAndAmy

Yay Hurshy! :-D

12:55 am

jillibus

Yay hursh!!!

12:56 am

hurshy

niters all :) i may or may not go to work in the morning, hence the flippiness

12:56 am

herinfernallady

night hursh

12:56 am

joshuavorbis

good evening babblonia

12:56 am

Jellen

Have a good day, whatever your circumstances, hurshy!

12:56 am

justafreep

night hursh

12:56 am

VolleymomDee

hi josh

12:56 am

herinfernallady

Hi Josh

12:56 am

BlueAndAmy

hi josh :-)

12:56 am

magazinemom

evening josh

12:56 am

Jellen

Hi, josh

12:57 am

justafreep

I have to dash, too. it's a nice puzzle (except that so6!)

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

gorbachev moving quickly

12:57 am

BlueAndAmy

bye justafreep :-)

12:57 am

VolleymomDee

or moved quickly

12:57 am

Hugabugs

se6

12:57 am

Jellen

Bye, freep

12:57 am

justafreep

lol, dee

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

weird word for sure

12:58 am

Jellen

Thanks, Dee!

12:58 am

VolleymomDee

yw lol

12:58 am

herinfernallady

damn its going to be horrid warm on saturday and i have to take the cat to the vet

1:00 am

BlueAndAmy

for shots herin?

1:00 am

magazinemom

I wish I could say the same was true here herin. It's going to be 11 degrees F here in the AM.

1:00 am

herinfernallady

Yes.

1:01 am

herinfernallady

its heading up to 111 F thursday /friday

1:01 am

magazinemom

that sounds alot like summer here in Oklahoma!

1:01 am

BlueAndAmy

omg herin

1:02 am

herinfernallady

Its bad we haven't had rain in 21 days. My friend resides in Colac and has a lake that is empty

1:02 am

VolleymomDee

un 6 x 2

1:03 am

herinfernallady

Train tracks have buckled too. I have been hogging my aircon and making sure my cats stay out of the sun till i rig up something to cover the blinds

1:03 am

Hugabugs

wi6

1:04 am

BlueAndAmy

train tracks have buckled?!? omg i've never heard of that happening, that's crazy!

1:04 am

Hugabugs

Dee - one of the un6's is almost like the non you suggested

1:04 am

VolleymomDee

yes ...can't believe I didn't try that earlier :(

1:05 am

herinfernallady

WOOOOOOOOOT my b.fs work just made the 605pm news

1:05 am

Hugabugs

me neither

1:05 am

BlueAndAmy

what does he do, herin?

1:05 am

jillibus

what kind of work, herin?

1:06 am

herinfernallady

Blue the tracks are sitting on red gum/wood rails being replaced with concret.

1:06 am

joshuavorbis

quick and painless NBT

1:06 am

herinfernallady

Airconditioning. The shiny new shirts were flashed on the screen about the rapid installation of Aircon

1:06 am

jillibus

wtg josh

1:07 am

jillibus

warn warns

1:07 am

Jellen

wtg, josh

1:07 am

herinfernallady

One of the installers was putting some ones Aircon in their house. Thank gods for that. I was starting to worry about it

1:10 am

Gadget

why can't i get a single V? geeez...

1:10 am

flosey

Jilli - have you seen any sign of Lynn or Tilly?

1:10 am

jillibus

I have all the Vs!

1:11 am

jillibus

No, flosey -- were they not at bridge yesterday?

1:11 am

VolleymomDee

wtg jili

1:11 am

Hugabugs

I still need 1 more V

1:11 am

Jellen

Missing one v...

1:11 am

flosey

yes and was talking to them about Babble, they took down the name so thought they might join us

1:12 am

jillibus

oh, I see -- you meant here

1:12 am

flosey

yes

1:12 am

jillibus

no sign. Lots of people say they'll try but never do

1:13 am

Jellen

My grandmother's name is in the grid!

1:13 am

VolleymomDee

did you have the one that relates to a vein

1:13 am

flosey

or maybe too busy just now but later

1:13 am

Hugabugs

nope, that was the one Dee. thanks

1:13 am

Jellen

V's vanquished!

1:14 am

VolleymomDee

that was my last one :)

1:14 am

jillibus

wowee, Ws whomped!

1:14 am

flosey

wow indeed jilli, you're going like a house on fire

1:15 am

Jellen

Missing 2 w's...

1:15 am

joshuavorbis

hmm, i don't have any of hte longer ones yet

1:15 am

jillibus

not really, flosey -- only 94 found

1:15 am

Jellen

W's whomped, too!

1:15 am

VolleymomDee

ar 6/18

1:15 am

Hugabugs

need 1 more W here

1:16 am

jillibus

the Ws are normal words

1:16 am

VolleymomDee

do you have past tense for the ending of softwa4

1:17 am

flosey

yes, just finished them jilli, now on vs

1:17 am

jillibus

well, maybe one is a bit unfamiliar to some

1:17 am

Jellen

t's toppled!

1:17 am

VolleymomDee

fireworks

1:17 am

flosey

vs done

1:18 am

jillibus

YAY dee!!!

1:18 am

Jellen

Yay, dee!!!!

1:18 am

Hugabugs

wtg Dee

1:19 am

VolleymomDee

ty may I help anyone before I scoot... need to check email... getting beautiful tomorrow (hair colored) YAYAY

1:19 am

jillibus

Ts tronced here too

1:19 am

rururocks

da 8?

1:20 am

VolleymomDee

think of disney movie about cat starts with root da 4/5... think it was an extended adjective during that flic

1:21 am

Jellen

da** (expletive or mending method)

1:22 am

VolleymomDee

alt word for a swear word

1:22 am

Jellen

da 4/5 + consonant + superlative ending

1:22 am

rururocks

got it thank you

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

any others?

1:23 am

VolleymomDee

nice clue jell

1:23 am

jillibus

very twisty da8

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

very twisty :) well off til the flip; hugs to all & have a great day / eve!!

1:24 am

Jellen

Bye, Dee

1:24 am

VolleymomDee

*poof*

1:24 am

jillibus

night dee

1:25 am

rururocks

bye dee thank you

1:28 am

flosey

26 to go but too tired tonight, off to bed

1:28 am

flosey

goodnight all

1:28 am

Hugabugs

g'nite Dee - till flip

1:28 am

Hugabugs

g'nite flosey - sleep well

1:28 am

Jellen

G'night, flosey

1:28 am

jillibus

night flosey -- I'm off too -- night all

1:29 am

Jellen

G'night, jilli

1:29 am

joshuavorbis

saving the last 48 for tomorrow - hello and goodbye everyone, see you in the american morning

1:29 am

Jellen

G'night, josh

1:30 am

Hugabugs

fireworks

1:30 am

Jellen

Yay, Hugs!!!

1:31 am

Hugabugs

G'night jilli

1:31 am

Hugabugs

and I'm outta here also... thanks and g'nite everyone

1:31 am

Jellen

Bye, Hugs

1:32 am

BlueAndAmy

grrr my browser keeps freezing and crashing... it's a sign that it's time for me to sleep....

1:33 am

BlueAndAmy

night all :-) see you tomorrow!

1:33 am

Jellen

Perhaps so, Blue. hagn!

1:33 am

BlueAndAmy

you too jell :-)

1:36 am

Jellen

S's have been slain...

1:37 am

rururocks

ve 9 anyone?

1:37 am

Jellen

ve7, past tense, believe it or not!

1:38 am

rururocks

jeez.. thank you jellen

1:38 am

rururocks

all done

1:38 am

Jellen

Yay, ruru!!!!!

1:38 am

rururocks

this was an easy peasy one..

1:38 am

rururocks

thank you for the past tense..

1:39 am

rururocks

who knew?

1:39 am

mrpresident

hello everyone :))

1:39 am

rururocks

hi mr.p

1:39 am

mrpresident

hi ruru :))

1:39 am

Jellen

I still have 44 left...

1:39 am

mrpresident

this looks easy... am I being fooled??

1:39 am

Jellen

Hi again, mrp

1:40 am

mrpresident

hi jellen :))

1:44 am

mrpresident

well, verandah is certainly a phantom!

1:44 am

herinfernallady

Mr Pres I sent you an email

1:44 am

mrpresident

ok infern

1:44 am

Jellen

Leave off the h, mrp :-)

1:44 am

joshuavorbis

not as phantom as you think, mrp

1:45 am

joshuavorbis

still awake, btw, and still hammering away like an addict

1:45 am

Jellen

I know the feeling, josh! :-)

1:47 am

mrpresident

bloody english language!! add an H or U to everything in british english! LOL

1:47 am

mrpresident

sorry, I went to a British School

1:47 am

herinfernallady

We may have a person over here as its too hot at their place

1:48 am

mrpresident

and it is past tensed!!???

1:48 am

Jellen

Yes, mrp!

1:48 am

Jellen

Not in my reality, though...

1:48 am

mrpresident

far out! stoopid!

1:49 am

herinfernallady

Um the past tense is the talking horse yes?

1:50 am

Christine

da8 ?? any clues ??

1:51 am

herinfernallady

um that isn't a word

1:51 am

westford

let me try my clue that everyone ignored

1:51 am

westford

think art linkletter

1:51 am

Jellen

Kids say the da****** things (leave out an E where you think there should be one)

1:51 am

westford

kids say it

1:52 am

westford

oh so someone was paying attention lol

1:53 am

Jellen

I was thinking the same thing, west...

1:53 am

westford

didn't Bill Cosby do that show more recently?

1:53 am

Jellen

I think so.

1:54 am

joshuavorbis

25 left, and got all the long ones now

1:54 am

westford

his wasn't as good

1:54 am

herinfernallady

Question if the place that you are working at is called Lake Colac what is it called if the lake is dry and empty

1:55 am

westford

big trouble

1:55 am

Jellen

I'm missing a 7 still...

1:55 am

aebmusica

Colarid!

1:56 am

westford

do you have the no 7/28?

1:56 am

herinfernallady

yes my friend is like um there is no lake um oh crap

1:56 am

Jellen

Yes, I'm missing the er7

1:56 am

joshuavorbis

it's a plural of a 6, jellen

1:57 am

herinfernallady

the lake is 1800 hectars across

1:57 am

Jellen

Missing that, too...:-)

1:57 am

westford

you might have to run some

1:57 am

Jellen

Thanks, west!

1:58 am

westford

yw

1:59 am

Jellen

This is not the mental peak of my day...

2:05 am

herinfernallady

Jellen its too warm or late to think

2:05 am

Jellen

brb...

2:05 am

Jellen

Too late for me...

2:08 am

dizgrannie

excuse me herin but where is Aus are you? just outa Sydney is 43 celcius

2:09 am

herinfernallady

In Melbourne

2:09 am

dizgrannie

oh bit hotter then me

2:10 am

herinfernallady

Diz Sydney is 28

2:10 am

herinfernallady

Its yuk in melbourne

2:10 am

bfsog

hey all

2:11 am

herinfernallady

Hi Bfs

2:11 am

dizgrannie

I am more cambpelltown SW sydney

2:11 am

herinfernallady

OH I was about to ask your area

2:11 am

KatieMcG

morning everyone

2:11 am

aebmusica

arned

2:12 am

bfsog

morning Katie

2:12 am

herinfernallady

I am trying to work out why anyone in their mind would be at the beach today. HI Katie and Aeb

2:12 am

aebmusica

hi herin.....its coooooooold here.

2:12 am

herinfernallady

nie

2:13 am

herinfernallady

nice

2:18 am

Andree

hi everyone

2:18 am

herinfernallady

hi

2:19 am

aebmusica

hi Andree

2:20 am

Andree

herin its a lovely day, beach too

2:20 am

herinfernallady

Not here you would have to have your bumps read. Its so hot its um 40 C

2:22 am

Andree

no i mean sydney today was lovely

2:24 am

herinfernallady

I did see that. Here yucky

2:28 am

Andree

ve7 please

2:29 am

herinfernallady

ANdre what we have running around our Porches minus the H at the end

2:30 am

Andree

ha ha that was my phantom

2:33 am

herinfernallady

That is most of us AUssies phantom

2:48 am

mrpresident

hi andree :))

2:48 am

Andree

hi mrp

2:48 am

mrpresident

just finished dinner and chatting with friends....
we are discussing getting a foster child! had to talk to the kids about it

2:49 am

Andree

will you be taking on too much now you will be working this year

2:50 am

mrpresident

well, I don't work out of school hours... and the child would go to school at our school. It would be alot to take on, but there are so many

2:50 am

Andree

but it is a very nice idea, think a couple of babblers had their kids on the market a day or 2 ago, lol

2:50 am

mrpresident

there are more than 12,000 kids

2:50 am

mrpresident

cool!! LOL

2:51 am

mrpresident

we would ask for an 8 - 11 year old

2:53 am

Andree

well as long as you will keep getting stronger every day it is a lovely thought

2:53 am

mrpresident

I could rent my kids out for a new experience?? what you think??
(I put it to the kids that if they got fostered out, how hard it would be, and they took the idea of having a child here quite well)

2:54 am

mrpresident

oh andree! I wouldn't do it for at least 6 months... I have to be physically clear medically.

2:56 am

Andree

yes thats what i was concerned about, you have to put getting really well first

2:57 am

mrpresident

we have wanted to foster since we had kids, but haven't had the chance because of my health issues...
this way, if all is good, we can do it

2:57 am

mrpresident

we have spoken about it, and planned for it for 10 years!

2:57 am

herinfernallady

Mr Pres what about a sponsor kid? Exchange host mum?

2:58 am

herinfernallady

and Yah to you and yours wanting to take in a kid

3:00 am

mrpresident

I haven't heard of that infern? I know that this family who lived here had kids from overseas... 12 week school program, but nothing else I know of

3:01 am

herinfernallady

Being a host mum?

3:03 am

Andree

i think they are much older kids , year 12 or so and would not suit mrp

3:06 am

sprite

morning all

3:07 am

Andree

hi sprite

3:07 am

Andree

edit

3:07 am

Andree

edits

3:07 am

Andree

sheesh

3:07 am

Andree

so sorry

3:07 am

sprite

lol sheesh is not valid, alas ;)

3:10 am

Andree

dinner time, 14 left, back later

3:14 am

sprite

enjoy dinner, Andree

3:21 am

Christine

OMGosh, each time I ciome back I try to find the DA8/50 - any ckue to the definition?

3:22 am

sprite

hi Christine, just started so sorry, not yet

3:24 am

Christine

Apparently there are five words, this is the last, starting from da4/5 ... but I just can't see this one. It's driving me bonkers.

3:24 am

herinfernallady

Kids say the da? things

3:25 am

sprite

oh there it is. Most cursed.

3:26 am

KatieMcG

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

3:26 am

Christine

I think that's seven letters, and it's not accepted.

3:27 am

sprite

it is 8 letters, both syllables start with same letter

3:27 am

sprite

hi Katie

3:27 am

KatieMcG

hello sprite

3:28 am

herinfernallady

hi Sprite and Katie

3:30 am

Christine

dammit - I had that in my written list, crossed out because I stll can'r see how it gets there. First syllable starts at the top D, then there's a gap before you get to the second syllable, no??

3:31 am

sprite

you start at the rightmost D, go up to the a.

3:31 am

KatieMcG

arsed should be a word, as in I really can't be!!!

3:32 am

sprite

I second that on my own behalf, Katie

3:32 am

herinfernallady

But you can have a plural of it

3:32 am

Christine

Well, when did a third D appear in my grid -- I know it wasn;t there until you mentioned it, Sprite. Thanks, everyone ... aaaaargh

3:33 am

KatieMcG

it doesn't really sum up my feelings quite so well herin

3:33 am

sprite

lol Christine!

3:33 am

herinfernallady

So you can have 2 ar???? but no plural

3:34 am

BabbleRabble

live is basically unfair

3:34 am

herinfernallady

so i can't have be arsed but I can have 2 ar? how is that possible anatomicly

3:34 am

KatieMcG

true BR true

3:34 am

sprite

just what I told my son this morning. Hello BabbleRabble, am glad to see you.

3:35 am

sprite

lady, you and me together can have 2. Well, 3, if size counts.

3:35 am

KatieMcG

5 if we are including mine

3:36 am

sprite

:)

3:36 am

herinfernallady

I love you guys

3:38 am

gran

un 6/27 clue please

3:38 am

BabbleRabble

alive

3:39 am

gran

Thanks

3:42 am

sprite

I am pretty sure I am about to learn a few new W words.

3:43 am

KatieMcG

I know what you mean sprite I still have 7 to go on the ws

3:43 am

sprite

exactly and them having to start in the corner doesn't make for more possibilities, lol

3:45 am

BabbleRabble

dry stream bed

3:45 am

BabbleRabble

I expect the w's will not be new to you

3:45 am

herinfernallady

Babble get out of my head hun. I just said that about a lake here

3:46 am

sprite

I do have the stray animal though :)

3:46 am

Aloyisius

Howdy folks.. am up with an earache so I babbled away.. short, fun grid with a number of twists and newbies for me.. anyone want a clue before I go back to slumberland?

3:46 am

sprite

and plural

3:46 am

sprite

hi Aloy, go back to bed, earache is awful :(

3:46 am

herinfernallady

HI Aloy

3:47 am

sprite

2 more Ws and I don't think I have the stream bed. Let me see if I can find it :)

wow, have totally enjoyed this one!
The last grid took me very short time, but this one had a few more challenges!!

5:33 am

mrpresident

I still have several words left, so will ask for clues if that is ok??

5:33 am

LynnNate08

gm all

5:35 am

mrpresident

hi lynn! :))

5:35 am

mrpresident

I think we are alone now....

5:35 am

LynnNate08

hi mr

5:35 am

mrpresident

there doesn't seem to be anyone around....

5:36 am

LynnNate08

no there doesnt

5:36 am

Angelsong

w

5:36 am

Angelsong

w

5:37 am

mac24

does anyone know how to find out the solutions to previous puzzles?

5:38 am

cool girl

morning all

5:38 am

LynnNate08

gm cool

5:38 am

LynnNate08

mac dont know here

5:39 am

cool girl

how are we all today its pouring own here typical british weather i suppose

5:40 am

elbbab!

mac - look in the archives, buttom above the chog

5:42 am

Frances

Good morning all.

mac go to archives and click on the top name. That will gove you the complete list of words.

5:44 am

mac24

thanks!

5:44 am

Frances

You're welcome

5:44 am

Angelsong

hi, all. It

5:45 am

Angelsong

it's icy and nasty outside, and a good day to Babble.

5:45 am

Frances

Wet and nasty outside here.

5:45 am

LoriP

G'd morning Babblers!

5:46 am

Katydid0615

10 inches and still snowing here.

5:47 am

LoriP

Storm s'posed to start here after lunch. Yuk

5:47 am

Katydid0615

that time of the year, i reckon. bad everywhere.

5:47 am

LynnNate08

12 to 18 expected here in rutland, snow day for kiddies grrrrr

5:48 am

Katydid0615

definitely snow day here too. thank goodness my kids are all grown.

5:49 am

Katydid0615

but the grands are off school. i feel sorry for their mama - 4 kids at home unexpectedly. LOL.

5:49 am

redturtlehead

Good Morning! We expect a high of 81 today... Current temp 65. It is a bit above normal. I definitely feel for the people in Missouri and the ice storm!

5:49 am

LynnNate08

three here

5:50 am

Katydid0615

feel sorry for you too then.

5:50 am

Katydid0615

hush red ... we don't wanna know! ROFLOL.

5:51 am

Katydid0615

actually, wish I was there. the older I get the more I hate the snow.

5:51 am

redturtlehead

It is really nice not to worry about snow. But the rain storms are a bit dangerous...

5:51 am

Katydid0615

envy is not a pretty thing.

5:53 am

redturtlehead

I cant really figure why people stay in places like Michigan, alaska, etc....but I suppose its the way of things, and some people do like skiing.

5:53 am

Katydid0615

yeah, and I don't worry about the hurricanes here like you do. guess it can be bad everywhere, just at different times of the year.

5:54 am

redturtlehead

The rain even from just tropical storms can be really damaging. and hard to drive in, but...it doesnt hang around.

5:55 am

Katydid0615

some of the states like Michigan, Alaska, Wisconsin, etc are used to dealing with the snow and handle it better than we do in the Midwest. We like to think we know how to handle it, but we sure panic whenever we get a few inches or more.

5:55 am

redturtlehead

This is true, when I lived in NY, clear roads were never an issue.

5:55 am

Chris P

Right, I've done the housework and now my reward is a milky coffee, biscuits and babble!

5:56 am

Katydid0615

hey there Chris! enjoy your break.

5:56 am

redturtlehead

morning Chris P!

5:56 am

Chris P

thank you I will & morning to all

5:56 am

LoriP

G'd morning red, Katy, chris, anyone I missed.

5:57 am

cool girl

could i have a clue for the ve9 pleaseeeee

5:57 am

cool girl

dont worry just found it

5:57 am

LoriP

ve 9 is an extension of the 7, a sort of deck on your house

5:57 am

Atalante

hi all!

5:58 am

Katydid0615

morning ata

5:58 am

LoriP

G'd morning Ata Hari! How's the Hobbitual energy mill?

5:58 am

redturtlehead

hello ata dn Lori and cool.

5:59 am

Atalante

still bouncing after a walk! gah!

5:59 am

cool girl

hi how are u

5:59 am

LoriP

Post walk bounce? Uh oh.......

5:59 am

cool girl

can someone help me with that ve9 spelling please

6:00 am

Atalante

it's not right ... but actually now she's just gone to lie down so maybe normality is resumed

6:00 am

LoriP

cool, rhymes with Carmen Mi*****'s last name

6:01 am

LoriP

then add the obvious extension for the 9, past tense

6:01 am

redturtlehead

Ok, so my house has been on the market for an entire 21 hours. I cant imagine why it hasnt sold yet. :(

6:01 am

cool girl

ty

6:01 am

LoriP

Abnormal normalcy is hopeful Ata.

6:02 am

Atalante

how do you past tense one of those? *interested*

6:03 am

LoriP

Rhymes with a famous Horse...Mr ** :p

6:03 am

LoriP

***pauses dramatically***

6:03 am

Haz1558

It's not so much a past tense as an adjectival ending, I think.

6:03 am

Atalante

i've got the word!! i just want to know a sentence with it in

6:04 am

redturtlehead

uh, We added a Ve***** to the house and Ve******** it?

6:04 am

Haz1558

I have a house for sale, ve9 on all sides.

6:04 am

Katydid0615

how about your house is multip ve******?

6:05 am

Katydid0615

i think enable is making up words again.

6:05 am

Atalante

how very odd!

6:05 am

redturtlehead

My house is not Ve****** at all, it is decked in the back.

6:05 am

Katydid0615

multgiple, i mean

6:05 am

redturtlehead

multiple?

6:05 am

Katydid0615

still can't spell it -- multiple! there!

6:05 am

Katydid0615

yep.

6:06 am

Katydid0615

lol

6:06 am

redturtlehead

Yaaay for spelling!

6:06 am

BabbleRabble

Page 1
Function and Exterior Design of Velonial Houses in New South Wales
Miki Watanabe
Ashikaga Institute of Technology

6:07 am

LoriP

***past tense is my story and I'm sticking to it*** :p

6:08 am

Katydid0615

as in the house was ve******* before the hurricane? Lori?

6:08 am

redturtlehead

Good Morning BR, how are you doing in your hammock?

6:08 am

Katydid0615

yeah, that's the ticket! LOL

6:08 am

cool girl

can i have a clue for the 8 please

6:09 am

LoriP

Yes, Katy! :D

6:09 am

LoriP

da 8/50

6:09 am

LoriP

to do your best, try your da******

6:09 am

cool girl

ty

6:10 am

Scrabbler

Hello all. Winter storm warning til 11 pm tonight. Wahooo!

6:10 am

Katydid0615

as in Art Linkletter's "kids say the da*** things"

6:10 am

Scrabbler

TY for da8

6:10 am

hurshy

but how do we decide if it is too bad to drive, or not?

6:11 am

hurshy

it SOUNDS not good, but then i look at the traffic cams and there are still lots of people on the roads

6:11 am

phandmd

Ice = no driving

6:11 am

Scrabbler

We just drive carefully. And I am leaving early.

6:11 am

Scrabbler

No schools are closed here.

6:11 am

LoriP

G'd mornign Scrabbler. 'Yer sending this annoying storm our way. :(

6:11 am

MonkeyGames

Hi for a few, folks!

6:11 am

Katydid0615

I don't know. Im pondering that too hurshy. They are saying stay home unless you HAVE to go out, but my work isn't closed. Does that count as HAVE to go out? I don't quite know.

6:11 am

phandmd

no schools here too; not even the local colleges are open

6:11 am

hurshy

i obviously prefer working from home, and i don't want that to bias my evaluation.

6:11 am

Scrabbler

Hey, it came from the midwest.

6:11 am

Scrabbler

Hi MG & Walter

6:12 am

phandmd

and it is supposed to warm up enough to melt the ice by noon

6:12 am

Katydid0615

Will probably wait an hour or so and see if the snow ever stops. Yep, it is still in the Midwest Scrabbler. In Indianapolis, at 10 inches now and counting.

6:12 am

LynnNate08

da 8? please?

6:12 am

hurshy

but then they are also saying, here, that the rain and stuff will freeze in the night and so it could be even worse tomorrow!

6:13 am

Scrabbler

Well, I MUST go to work, no choice for me.

6:13 am

Katydid0615

just clued lynn at 6:10

6:13 am

MonkeyGames

-1 C and foggy here...

6:13 am

Scrabbler

NBC with octuplets story now.

6:13 am

LynnNate08

ty

6:13 am

Chris P

It's about 7-8 C here and overcast - we had rain overnight

6:14 am

LynnNate08

da 4/6 first one?

6:14 am

LoriP

I wish the octuplets well, and hope they don't become chattel like Jon and Kate +8 and the Duggars....

6:14 am

Katydid0615

not mama lynn

6:14 am

LoriP

She did very well to carry them that long, and they were a good size all things being considered.

6:15 am

LynnNate08

how long did she carry them?

6:15 am

Scrabbler

Yes, 31 wks is great.

6:15 am

redturtlehead

Thats just wow to me!

6:15 am

LynnNate08

ty

6:15 am

LynnNate08

nice

6:15 am

redturtlehead

And yes, I agree, I just saw the very Duggar Wedding....seemed to me that Duggar child never had an opportunity to develop his own personality.

6:15 am

hurshy

the mom won't even let the media report her name, so i think she's going to keep them out of the spotlight as much as possible

6:16 am

LynnNate08

da 4/6 third one?

6:17 am

Trifioso

good morning friends! NBT, so I can chat now

6:17 am

MonkeyGames

Hi Trif!

6:17 am

LoriP

Sorry Lynn, not done with d yet. G'd morning Tri

6:17 am

Scrabbler

Hi Trif

6:17 am

Katydid0615

plural lynn

6:17 am

Atalante

I don't tend to clue successive 4 letter words, lynn

6:17 am

LynnNate08

ahhhh ty\

6:18 am

MonkeyGames

snare

6:18 am

MonkeyGames

snared

6:18 am

LoriP

That specific point total should be helpful, only so many combos

6:18 am

MonkeyGames

OOOPPPSSS!!!!!

6:18 am

MonkeyGames

Slinking off to PB...

6:18 am

Scrabbler

Ooh, TY, MG! Great clues. I figured them out right away.

6:18 am

Trifioso

this is so puke. ALL the towns around us cancelled school - and I do mean ALL, but we still have it.

6:19 am

MonkeyGames

Oh good! I was afraid they were too obscure...

6:19 am

Scrabbler

No schools are closed here.

6:19 am

phandmd

do you live in DC?

6:19 am

redturtlehead

Definitely no School closings here.

6:19 am

MonkeyGames

Took Walter to school and home today sitting on the sheepsking and wrapped in three wool scarves, a down jacket, and two blankts.

6:20 am

Trifioso

guaranteed, they will send them home early. Why bother? No, phan, south shore of boston - which is closed by the way. so is boston college.

6:20 am

Scrabbler

red, I will be at Amelia Island Apr 1-8.

6:20 am

LynnNate08

ar 6/18

6:20 am

redturtlehead

Trif, it could be that they are avoiding make up days?

6:20 am

redturtlehead

Oooh Yaaay!

6:21 am

redturtlehead

If my house doesnt sell, I think I will be leaving April 5th... :(

6:21 am

Trifioso

our evil superintendent is also the harbormaster of newport, RI, but only in the summer, so he never cancels school, so he is on time for his summer job.

6:21 am

Scrabbler

And go where, red?

6:21 am

redturtlehead

No idea Scrabbs. I am now concentrating on selling...

6:22 am

Atalante

what a lovely summer job!

6:22 am

crosshair

heeeeeres crossy!:)

6:22 am

Trifioso

i agree, ata, but I resent him putting children in harm's way so that he isn't late for his job.

6:22 am

MonkeyGames

Hi Crossy!

6:22 am

Scrabbler

Hi cwossy, Si-wee Scwabbler and wabbits here!

6:23 am

LoriP

G'd morning cross.

6:23 am

Trifioso

good morning crossy! I am very cross today!

6:23 am

crosshair

did someone say wabbits?

6:23 am

redturtlehead

mornign Mr Hair!

6:23 am

Atalante

do you have to make up days that the school closes?

6:23 am

Scrabbler

I caught Miss B earlier and snuggled her up.

6:23 am

crosshair

mmm plump snuggling wabbits

6:23 am

LoriP

Tri, I simply don't send my children when it's unsafe. The School Board cannot mark it as "missed" if I deem it unsafe for the buses no matter what the Superintendant decides.

6:24 am

Trifioso

not unless we go over 5. which we don't. EVER. secondo was in third grade before she got a snow day.

6:24 am

Scrabbler

Here, in western NY, schools build snow days into the yearly schedule as usually 5-7 are used during the winter.

6:24 am

crosshair

any days not attended due to weather for my boy is marked as a "missed" day

6:25 am

Scrabbler

Well, kids, I need an early start on these snowy roads.

6:25 am

LynnNate08

ov 9?

6:25 am

Trifioso

I don't think we have that provision here, lori. you are blessed to have it. Primo was so insistent that he go, lest he miss a big math test. It is just so unfair. Most of the teachers live in other towns, so they put themselves at risk to get to our dumb school that is open, when everywhere else they have enough sense to stay the heck home

6:26 am

Scrabbler

50 words is a nice start. Enjoy the day all. Be careful driving in the snowstorm, folks.

6:26 am

LoriP

Tri, that's exactly why parents should speak with the absence of their childrten. Unsafe, is unsafe. Send the message.

6:26 am

Trifioso

the family next door is a mom and dad who are both teachers, but in different towns. Neither of them has to teach today, but their kids had to go!

6:26 am

phandmd

tri, where do you live?

6:26 am

cool girl

safe journey scrabbler

6:26 am

featherbee

morning! yeah, snowday here

6:26 am

LoriP

Nice job Scrabbler. Drive carefully and have a good one!

6:26 am

Trifioso

norwell, massachusetts

6:27 am

cool girl

oner

6:27 am

Haz1558

Come on, Lori, confess. You just want the boys to stay at home so that you can get them polishing the silver and abseiling to clean the windows.

6:27 am

phandmd

oh, what you are describing sounds like DC, they are opening 2 hours late but all the other school districts are closed today

6:27 am

cool girl

hi haz

6:27 am

phandmd

Even the local colleges are closed here

6:28 am

LynnNate08

ov 9?

6:28 am

Haz1558

Hello cool girl

6:28 am

LoriP

Haz! Shhhh. Don't let all my secrets out.

6:28 am

MonkeyGames

OK, just got Walter set up standing on a chair by the window so he can eat lunch and watch them put in the new underground trash bin.

6:28 am

featherbee

underground trash bin? how does that work?

6:28 am

Haz1558

Sorry, Lori. I should have thought before I typed.

6:29 am

bichon

Schools in CT are either closed or have delays. This is because some of the teachers live a distance away. Then days are added to the end of the school year

6:29 am

LoriP

If children aren't learning, they should be working. Laundry, dishes, vacuuming...the list is endless!

6:29 am

Trifioso

yes, phan here too. when even the colleges are closed you would think our guy would get a clue. wonder what HIS email box will look like today (evil grin)

6:30 am

crosshair

mmmmm...10 inches of wet heavy sonw on the way i see..all you to the south are getting it first it seems

6:30 am

Haz1558

I'd put that down as learning life skills, Lori. You're a good parent.

6:30 am

LoriP

cross loves to shovel snow.... :p

6:30 am

MonkeyGames

They put in a massive concrete liner, then a giant metal trash bin that fits in there neatly and has a small box on the top with a rolly hatch. You put your resident card on the scanner and the hatch unlocks, put the trash bag in the aperture, close the hatch, and the trash drops into the bin. Onve a week a big truck comes and uses a hook to picke the whole bin up, hold it over the truck, and open the bottom. Then they put it back in the ground.

6:30 am

Trifioso

isn't that a reverse of how it usually goes, crossy?

6:31 am

featherbee

oh that sounds cool monkey!

6:31 am

featherbee

brb, breakfast is ready

6:31 am

Trifioso

how cool is THAT monkey? walter is not going to budge for hours!

6:31 am

LoriP

They just played in August after all. It'll roll around soon enough, until then, whip cracking.

6:31 am

Haz1558

You've got it right, sister.

6:31 am

crosshair

nothing is usual anymore with the weather..used to be able to predict things more accuratly in the past

6:32 am

Trifioso

as the saying goes, the only time they are sure of monday's weather is tuesday

6:32 am

LoriP

My kids know my motto "children should be seen (rarely) and NEVER heard. :p

6:32 am

crosshair

exactly

6:32 am

MonkeyGames

He's alternating between watching this process and watching Wall-E, the new favorite entertainment feature.

I took alter to school and then had my interview with the lady from teh people who might send me household help what with the back problem. Then got Walter and am psyching up to make potstickers-- never made my own dough before.

6:36 am

Haz1558

Time to go. Bye for now.

6:36 am

MonkeyGames

Bye Haz!

6:36 am

LoriP

found the ov 9/10!

6:37 am

Trifioso

has walter's tv spot aired yet, monkey?

6:37 am

LoriP

Laer Haz, have a good one

6:37 am

Atalante

bye dear! have fun perambulating the canine!

6:37 am

Trifioso

well done lori!

6:37 am

cool girl

bye haz have a good day

6:37 am

LynnNate08

grrrrr i cant find it

6:37 am

Haz1558

Bye!

6:37 am

MonkeyGames

No, they're probably still editing. The agent said she'll keep on top of it and let me know!

6:37 am

crosshair

mm must be ov..... something.....

6:37 am

LoriP

ov 9 = obvious ov 4 + to swap

6:37 am

Trifioso

is that *his* agent, or an agent for the station?

6:38 am

LynnNate08

ty

6:38 am

MonkeyGames

COOL, that got me the 10 as well of course! Thanks!

6:38 am

MonkeyGames

Walter's agent.

6:39 am

crosshair

yaaa! got the ov/9:))

6:39 am

Trifioso

it is beyond cool that walter has an agent....

6:39 am

bichon

and you should have the 10 crossy

6:39 am

crosshair

and the ov 10:))

6:39 am

MonkeyGames

Clue for the left bottom E?

6:39 am

LoriP

Yea for cross!

6:39 am

Trifioso

more than one plural letter, monkey

6:40 am

LoriP

bichon, are your bagels good? I've tried making them in the past, and they were...average at best.

6:40 am

MonkeyGames

It's a casting bureau that specializes in children, the elderly, and... different looking... people.

6:40 am

MonkeyGames

Thanks Trif!

6:40 am

Trifioso

you are welcome, monkey! its a weird word, that

6:40 am

MonkeyGames

It is indeed.

6:40 am

bichon

Lori, I would say they taste more like "traditional" bagels,. Certainly not like store-bought ones. Dense and chewy.

6:41 am

Atalante

isn't head overarse a traditional way of falling down?

6:41 am

bichon

overt

6:41 am

bichon

sorry

6:41 am

LynnNate08

so 7???????

6:41 am

Trifioso

bichon, my mom's best friend is a life time new yorker, and she swears it is the city water that makes their bagels taste the way they do

6:42 am

bichon

Can I go to the PB. There's no shoveling snow there

6:42 am

bichon

Maybe so Trif. I use Britta filtered water in all my yeast bread preparations. The chlorine inhibits yeast rising

6:42 am

LoriP

***allows bichon to hide from the storm in PB***

6:42 am

redturtlehead

only if you bring bagels bichon.

6:43 am

Trifioso

phantom: verdant

6:43 am

LoriP

Thanks for the info bichon, maybe I'll try again with a different recipe.

6:43 am

LynnNate08

didnt get clue?

6:43 am

Trifioso

hmmmm. now i am thinking i want to make bread today....kneading is hell on my carpal tunnel....which of course, babble has made 1,000 time worse!

6:43 am

bichon

There are lots of on line recipes, but all are pretty much the same. I sue ones for bread machines

6:44 am

Atalante

because no-one gave you one

6:44 am

bichon

*use

6:44 am

redturtlehead

everyone is so energetic, I am thinking of getting back into bed for an hour.

6:44 am

LoriP

I knead my bread with the Kitchen-Aid

6:44 am

bichon

Without a bread machine, I'd be lost. I make a lot of bread and pizza dough

6:44 am

Trifioso

gotta get a laptop, red - I almost always babble in bed

6:44 am

Atalante

awwww all is normal, lori. hobbit is a seal-shaped lump on the bed, fast asleep

6:44 am

LynnNate08

so 7?

6:45 am

MonkeyGames

Trif, I bought a cheap bread machine-- I let it get me through all the kneading and rising, and then I put the bread in pans and bake it myself.

6:45 am

LoriP

Sorry Lynn, don't have it, but I'll take a look

6:45 am

redturtlehead

I have a lap top, but thinking of sleeping....

6:45 am

Michelle

so7...most so 4/4

6:45 am

bichon

I usually bake mine in the machine, but not always.

6:45 am

LoriP

Hobbit's just having a delayed day then. Phew!

6:45 am

Trifioso

that's sounds like a good plan, there monkey. I know people love bread machines, but the weird shaped loaves put me way off

6:45 am

Katydid0615

extension of so4,4

6:46 am

LynnNate08

ty

6:46 am

MonkeyGames

I like to make rolls and braided bread and stuff. That doesn't work in the machine.

6:46 am

crosshair

thats arse over teakettle ata..how i always heard it growing up

6:46 am

LynnNate08

so 6 27 after that?

6:46 am

redturtlehead

trif, My mom kneads and mixes the bread in the machine, but then shapes in loaves and bakes in ov**

6:46 am

bichon

Yes, for those breads, I bake in the oven.

6:46 am

MonkeyGames

Going to have to knead the dough myself for the potstickers though.... uses boiling water and there's no rise and the like.

Ooh, exciting part-- they're putting the bin in the ground with the Giant Hook. Walter says I must go watch too. BRB.

6:50 am

zoozzoom

ok where do i learn about the `QU` tile please?...sorry hello every-one

6:50 am

Trifioso

i miss those days monkey....

6:51 am

Katydid0615

that's a good requ*** zooz

6:51 am

LynnNate08

hi zoo

6:51 am

NonoNanette

morning Babblers :)

6:51 am

LynnNate08

map qu***

6:52 am

Trifioso

{{{{nono!}}}}} I always am so happy to see you pop in

6:52 am

LynnNate08

hi nono

6:52 am

LoriP

Lynn, un + not finished

6:52 am

LoriP

G'd morning Nono!!!

6:52 am

Anniebrook

hello everyone this snowy new york day

6:52 am

NonoNanette

QU tile is just that zoo you always use both letters together

6:52 am

NonoNanette

hi Annie

6:52 am

LynnNate08

ty

6:52 am

Trifioso

hello annie!

6:53 am

LoriP

Annie of Brookly, g'd morning!

6:53 am

LynnNate08

first un 6

6:53 am

Anniebrook

hi nono, lori, nono!

6:53 am

NonoNanette

((((Trif)))) I enjoy seeing you here as well.... is it snowing there too?

6:53 am

Atalante

lynn? do you know about lickety's list?

6:53 am

Trifioso

sideways, nono

6:53 am

LoriP

That's the only one I have, now I know there 2. Thanks Lynn

6:53 am

Chris P

a vampire is one of them, lynn

6:54 am

LynnNate08

yw

6:54 am

crosshair

crossy slathers real butter all over the still steaming slabs of home made bread...:))

6:54 am

LynnNate08

hmmmmmm vampire

6:54 am

Trifioso

annie of brookly - lol! how cute is that nickname!?

6:55 am

NonoNanette

Crossy you better be sharing that!

6:55 am

Chris P

opposite of alive, sort of. lynn

6:55 am

MonkeyGames

OK, back but going. Must check on the broth I'm making and get set up for potsticker dough. Back sporadically. Have fun all!

6:55 am

LynnNate08

awwwww ty

6:55 am

Katydid0615

lynn, alive, then not finished

6:55 am

Trifioso

bye monkey!

6:56 am

Katydid0615

fireworks! gotta get ready for work now. anyone need clues before I go, got about 5 minutes.

6:56 am

Anniebrook

*sits down next to crossy*

6:56 am

LynnNate08

ve 7?

6:56 am

NonoNanette

why is it the vowels are always my last blank tiles?

6:56 am

Anniebrook

congrats, katy!

6:56 am

NonoNanette

wtg Katy!!

6:56 am

Trifioso

wow, katy, that is impressive! well done you!

6:56 am

crosshair

when the wife was pregnant and in her grumpy stage(hard to tell the difference) i got into a bread making phase,i used to make 3 fresh loaves a day,the traditional way no breadmaker

6:56 am

Katydid0615

ve7 is a porch, then past tense for the ve9

6:56 am

Katydid0615

thanks all

6:57 am

Anniebrook

wow, crossy, I am impressed

6:57 am

phandmd

1/2 way!

6:57 am

Angelsong

fireworks

6:57 am

crosshair

kept me out of her way

6:57 am

NonoNanette

thanks Katy

6:57 am

Katydid0615

wtg angelsong!

6:57 am

Trifioso

thanks katy - had 7, but didn't know it could be PT

6:57 am

LoriP

Congratulations Katy!

6:58 am

Trifioso

go angel!

6:58 am

zoozzoom

WTG Angelsong

6:58 am

NonoNanette

good job Angel

6:58 am

LoriP

Oops,a nd Angel too!

6:58 am

LynnNate08

yay angel

6:58 am

Katydid0615

we were talking about that earlier tri, i thot it was a made-up word, but br had the definition.

6:58 am

LynnNate08

an katy

6:59 am

LynnNate08

im not finding the ve 7

6:59 am

Anniebrook

thanks, katy..would never have the PT and congrats angel

6:59 am

Katydid0615

well, they just used the "nitemarish" word regarding traffic here. guess I'd better get ready and get on the road. have a good day all and be safe in the weather.

6:59 am

Trifioso

oh, god, parents, help me: secondo just called in tears, she forgot her social studies stuff, and could I pleeeez drop it off at the school? keep in mind, she also forgot her sketch book for art class at her dad's and he is dropping that off later. every day it's something else. If I just refuse, it's a flood, and begging, and guilt

6:59 am

Anniebrook

Lynn... a porch perhaps in Hawaii

7:00 am

crosshair

if it is really neded,deliver it..if it is optional then do not

7:00 am

Anniebrook

Trif, If you dont mind my butting in...go, mother dear

7:00 am

LynnNate08

hmmmm i think i need to be slapped, not seeing it

7:00 am

zoozzoom

What are parents for..get over there and drop it off :-)

7:01 am

NonoNanette

Trif take it to her but you and she need to work out a plan to help her remember everything she needs to take each day

7:01 am

LoriP

She should have remembered it, as this appears to be a pattern.....

7:01 am

Trifioso

annie, I don't mind at all - it's why I asked...but really, we are talking three, sometimes four trips to school a week here, and then more at night, when she leaves stuff at school she needs at home. I am starting to really feel like an enabler here.

7:02 am

LoriP

Gotta' break a cycle sooner or later. If tears do the trick, it'll only get worse.

7:02 am

crosshair

my kid used to try to get me to deliver crazy things to school,recreational stuff,i did so at the start then if he forgot his ball or hockey stick then he had to come get it

7:02 am

Atalante

what would she have done before cell phones and such things?!!

7:03 am

Trifioso

i just can't stand the hatred later. she will get docked a grade, or whatever, and then it is all rage at ME because I wouldn't drop it off. she needs to take responsiblity for herself.

7:03 am

Anniebrook

trif, you have to work out a plan..the night before she puts everything she needs where she will see it before she leaves for school

7:03 am

LoriP

4 trips a week ???????? If you feel like an enabler, to be blunt, there's prob'ally a ring of truth there.

7:03 am

Trifioso

annie, trust me, I try, i really do. I ask her to do that, I check it, but still this nonsense happens. I wish I had just told her no. I hate this

7:04 am

LoriP

***Lori better shut up now*** :)

7:04 am

Trifioso

no lori, don't, I need a good snap-to. I am so tired of her drama

7:05 am

Anniebrook

Oh dear, trif..then you might have to clamp down on the trips. Drama, schwama. Never worked here. I became conveniently deaf.

7:05 am

Trifioso

thanks you all. I needed a good kick.

7:05 am

LoriP

Well then, face it, brace for it and stand your ground. It'll get worse before it gets better. She knows you don't want a scene. Tough noogies girl.

7:05 am

Atalante

I'd accaidentally leave the phone off the hook during school hours :P

7:06 am

LoriP

I'm with Annie, what she said.

7:06 am

Trifioso

i think my concern is how to get the message across to her without denting her self esteem in the process

7:06 am

crosshair

as a extreme example my wifes brother still lives at home ,still gets his laundry done,still gets things delivered to class..he is 36

7:07 am

hurshy

don't tell her she's an idiot.

7:07 am

Atalante

why would it damage her self-esteem to make sure she has everything she needs for school or she'll just have to deal?

7:08 am

Frances

Trif may I ask a question. How old is she? She should realise that her lack of responsibility is not your fault. If she loses grades it is her fault, not yours. Therefore she should sort it.

7:08 am

LoriP

Self esteem for facing her responsibility? Don't even give that a thought.

7:08 am

hurshy

just say, honey, you need to be responsible.

7:08 am

Atalante

lol note all the brits go "tough! let her deal!"

7:09 am

Anniebrook

Say everything once in a loving way and then let it go for a week or two. Dont bring anything to school and see what happens. AND get ear plugs.

7:09 am

hurshy

someday, you will have a job, and if you leave an important presentation at home, i won't be there to bring it to you, so you need to start finding a way to remember your things.

7:09 am

LoriP

What damages self esteem more, being absolved of responsibility or being made to take responsibility?

7:09 am

Trifioso

she is in 7th grade, so she is 12. I meant, I want to tell her WHY I am making the decision, i.e., there have been four trips this week alone, both dad and I are having to do it, etc. But spelling it out like that might make her feel really bad. Or, it might wake her up. I guess you never know.

7:09 am

crosshair

as the lone ignored male,crossy will shut up...

7:10 am

Frances

Exactly Ata. She'll be after a servant for the rest of her life.

7:10 am

Atalante

and she should feel bad about dragging you out to school nearly every day!

7:10 am

Trifioso

that is exactly my concern, lori. I cannot STAND people who blame everyone else for their problems, and I do see her starting down that path. want to nip it in the bud NOW

at 12 I would have got a *tirade* from my mum if I'd forgotten something vital and asked her to bring it to school. And she wouldn't have done so anyway!

7:11 am

LoriP

Then you already know what to do Tri. You have to just do it.

7:11 am

Anniebrook

Trif, she knows you and her Dad are bringing her things to school. Has this just started this term?

7:11 am

Trifioso

pretty much, annie. she is in a weird place right now. started about three weeks ago.

7:11 am

Frances

Not being funny Trif but my six year old granddaughter has to take responsibilty for things needed for school and if she forgets thay do not get baken to her.

7:12 am

crosshair

i only ever got something delivered once,if i forgot again it was my problem.that would be grade 4 and beyond

7:12 am

Atalante

gosh, we're harsh over here, aren't we! ;)

7:12 am

hurshy

you really don't need to mention the inconvenience to you and her father, i think. focus on HER development... wait, 3 weeks? what changed? did you just separate/divorce? is she trying to make your paths cross?

7:13 am

Trifioso

frances, the new prinicpal at the elem school made it a policy her first day there - things brought to school are not given out, unless it is a lunch. you forget it, it's is your problem. I love her for that, but a lot of other parents flipped. wish the middle school would do it.

7:13 am

Anniebrook

Trif, Might it have anything to do with your separation? You could assure her that you both love her very very much but that you and her Dad are not delivery people

7:13 am

Trifioso

yes, hurshy! he left right before halloween

7:13 am

kje

gm

7:13 am

kalea

hello all............if i may interject a bit.........my kids got one free trip to bring forgotten items a year........after that, they had to pay me out of their allowance...............they quickly learned to not forget things

7:13 am

Trifioso

yes, I wonder if it does. she might just be extra distracted

7:14 am

zoozzoom

Hello KJE

7:14 am

Trifioso

oh, good idea kalea! I do something similar regarding curfew - one dollar a minute for each minute they are late.

7:14 am

Atalante

GOOD IDEA, Kalea!!

7:14 am

crosshair

good idea kalea

7:14 am

LoriP

If you let he divorce be an excuse for everything, I assure you, it'll be manipulated beyond belief. Irregardless of you and your husband, the expectations for her conduct remain the same.

7:14 am

kje

it won't take nooner

7:14 am

kje

no one ever had a nooner?

7:14 am

LoriP

lol Kalea. That rocks!

7:14 am

Trifioso

lol, kje, I tried that one too!

7:14 am

kje

annie! crisis! I ran out of peet's!

7:14 am

crosshair

a nooner? crossy loves nooners

7:15 am

Trifioso

easy there boy. it wasn't an offer!

7:15 am

hurshy

well if it'is not a personality trait, then talking to her about responsibility isn't really the answer... if the root of the problem is that she's trying to get you to cross paths, she probably needs another talk about your situation (in addition to kalea's idea!)

7:15 am

Atalante

what's a nooner?

7:15 am

LoriP

***snickers at kje*** :D

7:15 am

kje

ata!!!! rofl

7:15 am

Anniebrook

*the jet is in the driveway--will be there before noon to deliver Peets to kje* hang in there, girl

7:15 am

hurshy

*something* you do at noon

7:16 am

kje

thanks annie! i had to drink tea!

7:16 am

Trifioso

looks like annie is delivering nooners! wahoo!

7:16 am

crosshair

yaaa for nooners!

7:16 am

kje

LOL trif

7:16 am

kje

poor annie

7:16 am

Frances

Ata I love your picture. Did you take it?

7:16 am

Anniebrook

*drops 5 lbs of Peet's coffee on kje's roof*

7:17 am

Atalante

yes, a few days ago - some many of the fields wer flooded around here

7:17 am

kje

very generous of you annie.... but next time, aim for the front lawn!

7:17 am

Trifioso

okay. have to go now. bus stop shuffle #2, and my LAST EVER forgotten item drop off at middle school.

7:17 am

kje

*pulling out ladder*

7:17 am

Trifioso

thanks everyone!

7:17 am

hurshy

you could also say, this is a hard time for all of us, and we all need to try to be strong, and i need you to help me by remembering your stuff

7:17 am

Frances

Shame about the floods but gave you a great picture.

7:17 am

kje

hagd trif

7:17 am

LoriP

Good for you Tri. Stand your ground.

7:18 am

Anniebrook

hurshy, that is also good advice

7:18 am

Frances

Well done Trif........but mean it.

7:18 am

Atalante

I've gotta go too. Back later!

7:18 am

Frances

Bye Ata.

7:19 am

LoriP

Later Tri, Ata

7:19 am

Anniebrook

Trif, are you still here?

7:19 am

kje

bye ata... go learn what a nooner is... ask hubby

7:21 am

crosshair

NOONERS!

7:22 am

crosshair

hehe

7:23 am

BzznBea

Looks like I logged in just in time!

7:23 am

kje

hey... just got a 9!

7:23 am

crosshair

right up there with fresh bread:)

7:23 am

LoriP

lol G'd morning Bea

7:24 am

kalea

lol crossy........BETTER than fresh bread

7:24 am

crosshair

have it WITH fresh bread:)

7:24 am

kje

depends

7:24 am

crosshair

just have to watch the crumbs....

7:25 am

kje

this is a nifty little grid

7:26 am

kalea

ahhhhhh, but it's worth a few crumbs

7:26 am

crosshair

not bad at all..so far

7:27 am

periwinkle

good morning all

7:28 am

periwinkle

help with E's on bottom row pls

7:28 am

kje

en - cease

7:28 am

periwinkle

got the corner E :-)

7:28 am

kje

es - plural the letter

7:28 am

kalea

pl letter, peri

7:28 am

periwinkle

have the e's on bottom, help with bottom A pls

7:29 am

kalea

au + not moms

7:29 am

periwinkle

thanks kalea

7:29 am

periwinkle

help with O above the D pls

7:30 am

Anniebrook

rowed

7:30 am

kje

o = 111111111

7:30 am

kalea

before twos

7:30 am

Anniebrook

and what you row with

7:30 am

periwinkle

Annie, have that, from another O

7:30 am

periwinkle

they are both from another O, Annie

7:31 am

periwinkle

thanks, kje

7:31 am

Anniebrook

you bake in an ov** and pl

7:31 am

periwinkle

thanks Annie

7:32 am

Anniebrook

to be aboveboard...ov***

7:32 am

mrpresident

hello everyone :))

7:32 am

Anniebrook

hi mrp!

7:32 am

kje

hi mrp!

7:32 am

periwinkle

hi there, mrp!!!

7:33 am

crosshair

howdy mrp:)

7:33 am

mrpresident

hi annie!
hi kje!
hi peri!
hi crossy!
((((hugs all round))))

7:33 am

NonoNanette

hi
MrP!

7:34 am

mrpresident

hi nono!! :)

7:34 am

kje

nice to start the day with a hug : )

7:35 am

mrpresident

isn't it lovely??
i am full of hugs tonight!
Had a wonderful first day of work at my 'new' job!

7:35 am

periwinkle

kje, can you gingerbread cookie recipe be made as a cake?

7:35 am

periwinkle

good for you, mrp!

7:35 am

kje

that is great mrp

7:36 am

kje

no idea peri... but doubt it - it is not going to rise

7:36 am

Anniebrook

really good news, mrp

7:36 am

periwinkle

ok then, I love gingerbread

7:36 am

kje

could make a sheet cookie if that is what you have in mind... but would need to adjust oven temps and such

7:36 am

crosshair

whats the new job mrp?

7:37 am

mrpresident

I am so looking forward to making lite muffins! if anyone has a good recipe, would love to share

7:37 am

mrpresident

cross, I am canteen manager for the school (where my kids are at) and the soccer club (where my kids are at and I am the secretary).

7:37 am

kje

i have some good muffins recipes... not sure they are lite though

7:37 am

kje

I must run... work calls - later peeps

7:38 am

mrpresident

doesn't matter kje... i will run them thru the calculator and see what serve I can give them

7:38 am

zoozzoom

Bye KJE

7:38 am

mrpresident

bye kje!

7:38 am

mrpresident

hi zoom!

7:38 am

Anniebrook

bye kje!

7:38 am

zoozzoom

Hello MRP hows the new job going?

7:39 am

NonoNanette

peri I think i have an ages old gingerbread recipe i shall look and see

7:39 am

periwinkle

thanks, NoNo

7:40 am

mrpresident

it is going well! I am so enjoying my role looking after the kids!!
They are all real sweet!
(some of them need a slap up the side of the head to remind them of their manners... :D), totally got the support of the school community and heaps of volunteer help!

7:40 am

mrpresident

I take care of all the kids:
peanut allergies
gluten free
milk free
etc... it is working great

7:41 am

periwinkle

1/2 way and only one 7 letter word :(

7:41 am

mrpresident

I make a soy milkshake today!! woohoo!!

7:41 am

zoozzoom

sounds good, i used to work in a school canteen for a while...very hard work i must say, but the children were very good, although they were still very young

7:41 am

periwinkle

help with 8,9's and 10 pls

7:42 am

crosshair

many of the larger words all off the ov 4/7 peri

7:43 am

mrpresident

which do you have peri??
not artistic? as so/4 as possible, run around jobs, balcony, prison guards??

7:43 am

periwinkle

ok, will look harder, crossy

7:44 am

periwinkle

thanks, mrp found them except for balcony

7:44 am

mrpresident

the one that wraps around a house... porch style

7:44 am

Anniebrook

peri, porch?

7:45 am

mrpresident

I would usually spell it with an h

7:45 am

periwinkle

ok, got the ve7

7:45 am

mrpresident

now past tense it!

7:45 am

periwinkle

still missing one 7 and all of the bigger words

7:45 am

zoozzoom

TY Annie

7:45 am

mrpresident

what a weirdo word in past tense

7:45 am

Anniebrook

peri, past tense the porch for a ve9

7:46 am

Anniebrook

youre welcome..zooz and welcome to babbleland

7:46 am

periwinkle

thanks got the ve9, never would have made it a past tense, stoopid word

7:47 am

periwinkle

have al the 7's

7:47 am

mrpresident

that is exactly what I said.... 'stoopid word'! LOL

7:47 am

NonoNanette

Peri, Gingerbread recipe is in my profile now

7:47 am

periwinkle

is there any way you can e-mail it to me, Nono?

7:48 am

NonoNanette

it is a recipe my mom used to make and serve with a deliteful lemon sauce when i was a kid

7:48 am

crosshair

sorry i seemed to have missed it,i have the ve 7/44 but not the 9

7:49 am

Anniebrook

crossy, make the ve7 past tense

7:50 am

mrpresident

nice to see the ar4/7 is accepted!!

7:51 am

periwinkle

time for breakfast, bbs

7:51 am

Anniebrook

phone

7:52 am

mrpresident

see ya peri :)

7:53 am

mrpresident

wow, 17 left and didn't break a sweat!

7:53 am

mrpresident

I am liking puzzle today :D

7:53 am

crosshair

what a stoopid ve 9 word!

7:54 am

zoozzoom

how do you do these so fast..you must be so good at these

7:54 am

crosshair

latin sort of ending,scientific,olde englishe

7:55 am

mrpresident

been doing them for years zoom!! get to know the babblets and you are half way to freedom

7:56 am

mrpresident

I have all the babble terms (so far) in my profile.
I would really like some terms for 'words you know you have typed into the grid, but didn't go onto the word list'....
and 'words you ask for but find before you get a clue'

7:56 am

crosshair

hawaiian for goose and pfft and your home free;)

7:58 am

mrpresident

I just can't seem to find the ar4/4... second one... and does the ar6/18 come off it??

7:59 am

NonoNanette

mr p that ar would be a butt

8:00 am

zoozzoom

Haha, nice one Nono

8:00 am

mrpresident

ah... missed that one today!

8:00 am

mrpresident

got the bloody ar5/10 already!!

8:01 am

zoozzoom

it amazes me how i can look at this for ages ....some-one gives a clue and there it is just waving at you...man i must be thick...LOL

8:01 am

Nef

Morning Babblers. I'm just popping into chog for a minute to say this grid looks easier than it is for me (gotta go in 5 minutes; I have 44 words and then many many words the grid won't accept!)

8:01 am

NonoNanette

morning Nef

8:02 am

mrpresident

hi Nef! :))

8:02 am

lilliann

you're not zoom, it happens to all of us!! hi all

8:02 am

mrpresident

zoom, it is not thickness. it is fishworthy

8:03 am

Nef

Morning Nan and MRP. How are you guys doing with this grid? (Is it just morning playing tricks on me?)

8:03 am

mrpresident

doing darn well! got most of the words in 15 minutes!

8:03 am

mrpresident

now am cruising

8:04 am

NonoNanette

its going well Nef, not as fast as MrP but I have been called away a few times

8:04 am

Nef

MRP: :-P Well, you've been up longer than me; it must be my sleepy brain this AM then! :)

8:05 am

mrpresident

ooooh, I am having some sashimi now!! brb

8:05 am

zoozzoom

I had better make lunch..thanks for the tips Babblers will be back later to try some more, bye for now

8:05 am

NonoNanette

bye bye MrP and zoo

8:05 am

Nef

bye mrp and zooz

8:06 am

Anniebrook

later, zooz and mrp

8:06 am

Anniebrook

hello nef

8:08 am

Nef

hi Annie. I guess I should give up and try later if other think this isn't tough. It's 8AM here and I've only found 45 words in the past 1/2 hour or so.

8:08 am

Anniebrook

nef, youre doing well

8:09 am

Nef

well, for me not being a morning person (but needing to be one now) I'm not seeing anything at this point

8:09 am

crosshair

nothing wrong with 45 in half an hour!

8:10 am

Nef

How are you doing these days (both here in Babble and in general). Haven't seen you much at all lately

8:13 am

Nef

Well, off to the races for now. Catch you later! Good luck everybody; and have a great day! <poof>

8:15 am

NonoNanette

later Nef. enjoy the day

8:27 am

mrpresident

what is with the tr4/12... last one??

8:28 am

NonoNanette

a stair tr***

8:29 am

eddie25

au5-16 please

8:29 am

LuvWordGames

au + not mom

8:29 am

NonoNanette

au + not your mom

8:29 am

eddie25

ty

8:29 am

mrpresident

not getting the tr

8:30 am

LuvWordGames

t + what you do with a book

8:30 am

NonoNanette

there is a flag with a snake on it i thing that says don't tr*** on me

8:30 am

mrpresident

thanks so much!

8:30 am

NonoNanette

getting the tuna ready for you mrp

8:31 am

mrpresident

now for the un6/27

8:31 am

mrpresident

make it a frozen one nono! :D

8:31 am

NonoNanette

un + not live but ****

8:32 am

mrpresident

oh shoot me!

8:32 am

mrpresident

thanks nono :)

8:32 am

NonoNanette

one frozen tuna it is :)

8:33 am

mrpresident

ok... ready for the tuna!

8:34 am

mrpresident

1 left!

8:35 am

mrpresident

and finished!! woohoo!

8:35 am

NonoNanette

woohooo WTG MrP!!!

8:35 am

mrpresident

thanks nono! :))

8:35 am

NonoNanette

12 left here

8:36 am

mrpresident

I got 90% of the grid in no time at all... then missed fishy stuff!!

8:36 am

mrpresident

go nono!!

8:39 am

NonoNanette

and FIREWORKS!!!

8:42 am

Merk

Fireworks

8:43 am

NonoNanette

woohooo congrats Merk

8:43 am

Merk

Thanks, and congrats to you, too Nono

8:44 am

Merk

... well, back to work ...

8:50 am

Judi

Hi, neighbors! There's an icey crust on everything this morning.

8:51 am

Anniebrook

hi judi!

8:57 am

Judi

All you Babblers are very quiet today.

8:58 am

JBV

hi, judi, the babbling brook is frozen over.. :)

8:58 am

JBV

we have icy rainy slush right now over about3 inches of snow

8:59 am

magazinemom

we have about 2 in. of sleet on the ground here

8:59 am

magazinemom

hi all!

8:59 am

JBV

snow day for me - but I have to go out later to take my husband to a doctor's appointment

8:59 am

mrpresident

geez! is 2am! I really should go to sleep... (not tired at all!)

8:59 am

JBV

did you lose power, mag mom? I heard the ice storm was bad

9:00 am

mrpresident

hi judi, magmom, JBV et al :))

9:00 am

JBV

hi mr p!

9:00 am

magazinemom

no, thank goodness, we had sleet mostly, not ice

9:01 am

magazinemom

but it is a slippery mess and we are on day 2 of no school

9:01 am

Jadeomoan

morning, all

9:01 am

mrpresident

no school?? is it school holidays over there??

9:02 am

magazinemom

morning jade

9:02 am

mrpresident

hi jade!!! ((((hugs)))) long time no see hun!

9:02 am

JBV

a day or two at home is great - I love it

9:02 am

Jadeomoan

Hi MR P! ((((HUGS))))

9:02 am

magazinemom

no mrp, we had an ice storm and the buses can't get the kids to school

9:02 am

JBV

no mr p - we have to close schools when the road conditions are very bad like today

9:02 am

Judi

No holidays, Mr. P. Just a bad winter storm that has left us coated in ice and snow.

9:03 am

mrpresident

ah, we should have that here too, when it is too hot!

9:03 am

JBV

good idea! snow days, hot days, what else can we think of to have a day off..

9:04 am

Judi

Don't forget bad hair days, JBV!

9:04 am

mrpresident

the kids from Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 have no aircon... so we don't expect them to show up.
But Year 3-6 have aircon and must come to school

9:04 am

JBV

I heard a report that it was 60 degrees Celsius yesterday at the tennis game - is that true? seems impossible!

9:04 am

JBV

that might be every day for me Judi , LOL

9:04 am

Judi

Tis summer down under this time of year.

9:05 am

JBV

but sixty degrees is ridiculous - it's about 140 degrees or something like that

9:05 am

mrpresident

60 Celsius?? no... it was 45 C... and with 85% humidity!... it would have been about 55C in the sun!!!

9:05 am

mrpresident

yes JBV, it is deadly weather

9:05 am

JBV

oh, ok, then, just the media exaggerating wildly again

9:05 am

mkg

an 5 please?

9:06 am

mrpresident

oh no!! those type of temperatures may as well be 80 degrees C!! it is nasty

9:06 am

mrpresident

mkg.... not far

9:06 am

JBV

you know, we're joking, but if you remember there was aterrible heat wave in Europe a few years ago, I remember because a friend of mine died in the hospital when there was no air conditioning and temperatures were around 105 F

9:06 am

hot-rod

hello everyone

9:07 am

mrpresident

JBV, that is the major problem! if you don't hydrate, you die

9:07 am

mrpresident

welcome hot-rod

9:07 am

JBV

hi hot-rod

9:08 am

mkg

ty. got it mr pres.

9:08 am

hot-rod

whats up with everyone?

9:08 am

mrpresident

although, I am disappointed with Djokavic.... he pulled out of the match against Roddick... siting heat exhaustion.
I just don't believe it somehow, but it was hot!

9:08 am

mrpresident

watching tennis here

9:08 am

mkg

need first ar 5 please. got the rest.

9:08 am

JBV

I saw it on TV, mrp, he looked ill

9:08 am

Pinikula

morning all...here for a few minutes...

9:09 am

mkg

oops nm. got it.

9:09 am

Judi

AR5/10: plural of the ar4.

9:09 am

magazinemom

hi pini

9:09 am

mrpresident

hi pini!!

9:09 am

mrpresident

hi Judi!

9:09 am

Pinikula

hi mag, mrp, et al ;)

9:10 am

hot-rod

tennis wow that sounds interesting

9:10 am

flosey

good morning everyone

9:10 am

JBV

can you clue that Judi, don't have the ar 4

9:10 am

mrpresident

Judi, is that a plural?? I didn't know

9:10 am

magazinemom

morning flo

9:10 am

mrpresident

hi flosey!!!

9:10 am

Pinikula

ar4 = brit rear

9:10 am

Judi

ar4/4: butt.

9:10 am

JBV

oh, duh, thanks, pini

9:11 am

JBV

and ty judi

9:11 am

Judi

Hi, Flosey & Pini!

9:11 am

Pinikula

I consider that one a babblet now! ;)

9:11 am

JBV

i've just passed the halfway mark - time for breakfast - see you later, and good luck everyone

9:11 am

Judi

It's a Babbutt.

9:12 am

magazinemom

hagd JBV

9:12 am

Pinikula

ROFL

9:12 am

magazinemom

lol judi

9:12 am

Pinikula

tc jbv

9:12 am

JBV

LOL, Judi - bye all

9:12 am

mrpresident

bye jbv!

9:12 am

mrpresident

judi! you must submit that term for babble!

9:13 am

Judi

*seeking copyright as we chat*

9:13 am

mrpresident

hot-rod, do you like the tennis??
I am an Australian Open fan!

9:13 am

mrpresident

good girl Judi!! LOL

9:13 am

Pinikula

guess we have a new "clue" for that word!!! ROFL

9:13 am

mkg

cant get da 8. have first 4 but what is other? i tried many words.........

9:14 am

Pinikula

mkg: that's the da8 thing I've ever seen

9:14 am

mrpresident

I have put some terms in my bio... but I need some more.
I need a term for a word that you just know you have typed in.... but it didn't go to the word list! Any suggestions?

9:14 am

magazinemom

mkg- add on to the da 4/4

9:14 am

mrpresident

mkg, take out an E where you think it should be

9:14 am

Pinikula

Rebab?

9:14 am

hot-rod

any horse lovers on here today or animals

9:14 am

mkg

that is 7 letters and i tried it pini. what am i missing?

9:14 am

Judi

Ba-burp?

9:15 am

mkg

ohhhhhhhhhh got it pini. added another d. funny. didnt realize that.

9:15 am

Pinikula

;)

9:15 am

mrpresident

I love my cat.... and my dog!

9:15 am

mrpresident

babbleburp! ??

9:15 am

Pinikula

lots of love animals! I love my dog...he's my very first!

9:15 am

mkg

i thought people were mis pronouncing that da 8 word with the second d. funny....

Oh dear, Walter has removed my head and put it on Daddy's chair... what shall I do...

10:35 am

Dorens

oh, jbv, eveything ok?

10:35 am

car.eeyore

Tee Hee! BTW, I don't think I chatted with you the other day MRP, but Happy Belated Australia Day!

10:35 am

mrpresident

I love that word!! LOL, describes everything perfectly!

10:35 am

MonkeyGames

Let's do hear, JBV, and sympathies in advance!

10:35 am

BabbleRabble

my carbs help my car zooooooooooommmmmmm

10:35 am

JBV

ok, now, dorens, but yesterday was insane - came home from work at 4 to do routine patient care things with hubby.....

10:35 am

Dorens

hi babrab

10:35 am

JBV

requires certain amount of correct timing, etc....

10:36 am

MonkeyGames

Of course.

10:36 am

BabbleRabble

hello, Dorens

10:36 am

Dorens

yes....

10:36 am

JBV

get him all ready for his procedures/treatments (I don't go into detail, as you all know) to find out our hot water heater is not working, no hot water at all!

10:36 am

periwinkle

have ve9, help with other 9 and 10 pls

10:36 am

MonkeyGames

Oh NO!!!!

10:36 am

Dorens

oh rats! and it was cold yesterday, too'

10:37 am

jbp

the 10 is not under + exchanges

10:37 am

JBV

call my son home from work to deal with the heater (pilot light had gone out), then have to wait again for the proper time (for pain medication to take effect, etc) - by that time, we are well past the dinner hour, no dinner on,

10:37 am

jbp

i don't have the ve 9 either

10:37 am

mrpresident

ok gang... I better get to sleep before the sun comes up!! My children will be up in full force in less than 4 hours and I have to work again!!
(pray I get out of it)!! would rather watch the tennis and snooze :))

10:37 am

MonkeyGames

Oh bummer!

10:37 am

periwinkle

thanks jbp

10:37 am

MonkeyGames

Bye Mr. P!!!

10:37 am

jbp

hang in there mr p

10:37 am

cybernan

good morning/afternoon, everyone :)

10:37 am

car.eeyore

I am off as well. Snow day and the boys are restless!

10:37 am

Takuma Sato

howdy folks

10:37 am

Dorens

get some sleep mrP.. take care

10:38 am

jbp

wait I DO have the ve 9 it's the other one i lack

10:38 am

Babs1

you're on the board today, cybernan!

10:38 am

MonkeyGames

Bye Car!

10:38 am

periwinkle

ve9 is past tense of ve7 porch

10:38 am

Dorens

hi there takuma

10:38 am

jbp

hi TS

10:38 am

MonkeyGames

You OK, JBV?

10:38 am

mrpresident

nite all (((hugs & kisses))) all round!

10:38 am

JBV

anyway, didn't get to sleep until 12:30 - but all is well again today - not well but back to as it was before,

10:38 am

Dorens

did you have dinner?

10:38 am

periwinkle

help with the 8 pls

10:38 am

BabbleRabble

I passed a tree stump yesterday on the very first try

10:38 am

MonkeyGames

That is something anyway. My sympathies for you mega-sucky day!

10:39 am

jbp

need the non porch 9 and the 8 as well

10:39 am

mrpresident

so happy to see you guys! has been a while! (insomnia meetings can be great!)
bye all!!! *poof*!

10:39 am

magazinemom

nite mrp

10:39 am

JBV

no, dorens, I count it as a bonus to my diet plan - no dinner and I must have gone up and down the stairs at least 20 times (lots of laundry, don't ask)

10:39 am

Dorens

interesting thought there, br

10:39 am

JBV

all I can say is, thank you God for this snow day!

10:39 am

Dorens

haha jbv... keep up the positive spin on things, it's terrific

10:39 am

BabbleRabble

have to keep up with the joneses

10:40 am

periwinkle

other 9 is not under and exchange

10:40 am

Dorens

hey jb, nice picture there!

10:41 am

JBV

thanks, dorens, that's puerto rico, also - Luquillo Beach

10:41 am

jbp

how did I not get it without the S??? thanks peri!

10:41 am

Dorens

i thought i recognized it!

10:41 am

periwinkle

da8/50 which I do not have

10:41 am

periwinkle

yw

10:41 am

BabbleRabble

da 8 --- close a hole in a sock; and what a hurricane does: ****roy property

10:41 am

MonkeyGames

What's teh 8 look like?

10:41 am

MonkeyGames

Oh, da8.... I see...

10:41 am

Dorens

uhoh. we have two jb's here.. confusion

10:42 am

JBV

hi, jbp - here we are to confuse everyone again :)

10:42 am

MonkeyGames

Not as confusing as when I, Lil Monkey, Blue Monkey, and Space Monkey are on so then everyone starts aclling me MG and then MayneGuy shows up...

10:42 am

periwinkle

got the da8, thanks

10:44 am

JBV

and when hurshy and urshy were on together a few days ago

10:44 am

JBV

or is it ursh?

10:45 am

JBV

is there a ve 8? ihave the 7

10:45 am

MonkeyGames

Ursh.

10:45 am

MonkeyGames

Only one 8. Extend that 7 to an adjective (past tense extension) for a 9.

10:46 am

JBV

thanks!

10:46 am

MonkeyGames

Sure thing!

10:47 am

mrpresident

I am getting a cup of tea!! I just can't bloody sleep!! argh!!

10:47 am

MonkeyGames

I hate that!

10:47 am

Uneaixoise

MG, happy belated birthday!!!

10:47 am

MonkeyGames

What's the middle bottom E look like?

10:48 am

kje

E

10:48 am

Uneaixoise

LOLOLOL!!!

10:48 am

torgone

A vertical line and 3 horizontal lines

10:48 am

kje

: )

10:48 am

MonkeyGames

Thanks, Une!

10:48 am

Uneaixoise

or O (eau)

10:49 am

MonkeyGames

Hyuk hyuk! Good one.

10:49 am

MonkeyGames

Ones.

10:49 am

kje

en4, MG

10:49 am

MonkeyGames

Thanks!

10:49 am

Uneaixoise

have un 6 4 6 missing?

10:50 am

MonkeyGames

Would have sword I already had that, although I have no idea where I thought it was starting...

10:50 am

MonkeyGames

SworN! Sheesh.

10:50 am

JBV

un 4/6 - different vowel ending

10:50 am

kje

well, i have 4.4 6

10:51 am

JBV

it's 4 6 4 6

10:51 am

kje

ty

10:51 am

Uneaixoise

oh, good grief--thanks!

10:53 am

JBV

i have 17 w's - can't believe there are actually 5 more somewhere in here - by the way, wift is not a word, have tried it several times

10:54 am

kje

me too jbv

10:54 am

Uneaixoise

or wifs LOL

10:54 am

joshuavorbis

g'day

10:54 am

MonkeyGames

Walter asked just now what it woul dbe like if he had my head and i had his, and I said he'd fall over because my head is too big for his body.... so he said hmmm, let's see, and then wondered how he would effect the change and says he's going to get some tape...

10:54 am

kje

bonjour josh

10:54 am

lynxxx

me three. Hello everyone

10:54 am

Uneaixoise

hey, josh :-)

10:54 am

Dorens

hi, back from phone... i agree completely with jbv re the w's... hi lynxx, kje, une and josh

10:54 am

JBV

good lord, monkey, you have quite a philospher there

10:54 am

fuquayvarina

happy lunch hour everyone

10:54 am

MonkeyGames

Hi Josh!

10:54 am

cybernan

have 19 w's -- no luck on the last two

10:54 am

joshuavorbis

saved my last 23 for today

10:55 am

kje

ho dorens

10:55 am

cybernan

*3

10:55 am

Uneaixoise

hey, fuquay

10:55 am

JBV

i do hope you are writing all of this down somewhere besides the chat log

10:55 am

MonkeyGames

He is an interesting boy, all right.

10:55 am

Uneaixoise

same here, nan--stuck at 19

10:55 am

kje

i am at 40 josh... wanna race

10:55 am

joshuavorbis

i have 21 w's, need that last one

10:55 am

MonkeyGames

I really should be... Must start a journal tonight.

10:55 am

Jellen

Hi, everyone!

10:55 am

fuquayvarina

stuck at 17 w's too

10:55 am

joshuavorbis

are you listing like a pansy today, kje?

10:55 am

Uneaixoise

josh, your icon is beyond fabulous

10:56 am

kje

not yet, but am not above doing so... pansies are beautiful : )

10:56 am

Uneaixoise

35 to go and not listing YET

10:56 am

lynxxx

Hi Jellen

10:56 am

joshuavorbis

i need to change my icon - it's been the same for over a month

10:56 am

Dorens

une, so is little henry

10:56 am

MonkeyGames

OK, must head for the kitchen. Wish me luck on the potstickers... never made the wrappers myself before.

10:56 am

Uneaixoise

have lost count of the times I've tried warren!

10:56 am

cybernan

ve 8 is an extension of the porch?

10:56 am

Uneaixoise

yes, dorens ;-)

10:56 am

kje

hey - just found art linkletters 8

10:56 am

joshuavorbis

got my last w, left column greyed

10:57 am

joshuavorbis

une - you have the word with one different letter than that, manager of prison?

10:57 am

BabbleRabble

those who use the list are pansies? how special

10:57 am

kje

little woohoo for josh

10:57 am

Uneaixoise

ooohhhh!! thanks!!

10:57 am

Jellen

No ve8

10:57 am

Uneaixoise

BR LOL!

10:57 am

JBV

thanks, josh!

10:57 am

kje

hi BR!

10:57 am

joshuavorbis

i am a pansy a lot of the time, BR. i'm just making fun of kje, as usual

10:58 am

Uneaixoise

ok, one more w to go . . . maybe it's hiding out in Crawford

10:58 am

cybernan

what is the call for the 8?

10:58 am

Dorens

hi jell, nive earrings

10:58 am

Dorens

no, how about niCe?

10:58 am

Jellen

Thanks, Tim made them!

10:58 am

JBV

now i'm at 21 w's, just one more

10:59 am

Dorens

une, i just tried renard!

10:59 am

kje

no problem... i am an easy target today

10:59 am

Jellen

da 8

10:59 am

Uneaixoise

oohhh, impressive wrongness, dorens! LOL

10:59 am

kje

da8 - kids say the da8 things

10:59 am

Uneaixoise

tx!!!

10:59 am

joshuavorbis

icon changed

10:59 am

cybernan

ty -- the linkletter reference

11:00 am

Uneaixoise

we had that a while back but starting with du, right?

11:01 am

Dorens

youngsters probly don't remember linkletter, do they?

11:01 am

Uneaixoise

must run . . . later, all

11:01 am

lynxxx

bye Une

11:01 am

Dorens

bye une

11:01 am

cybernan

bye une

11:01 am

Uneaixoise

(one of the first "reality shows", eh, dorens? LOL)

11:01 am

Jellen

Bye, Une

11:01 am

joshuavorbis

good luck with your last few words, une

11:02 am

Jellen

I remember Art Linkletter!

11:02 am

kje

from your trip, josh?

11:02 am

westford

good afternoon all

11:02 am

Jellen

Hi, west!

11:02 am

westford

back for my last 13

11:02 am

Dorens

hi west

11:02 am

lynxxx

hi West

11:02 am

westford

hi dorens

11:02 am

Dorens

do you remember univac?

11:02 am

Jellen

8 left here, but crawling...

11:02 am

westford

hi lyn

11:03 am

joshuavorbis

yes, kje. took it by myself with my own crappy camera

11:03 am

westford

hi jellen

11:03 am

kje

hi westy

11:03 am

westford

hi kje

11:03 am

westford

I put the news on so they can tell me it's snowing

11:03 am

Jellen

Don't remember univac, but have heard of it...

11:04 am

westford

guess I'm going to stay out of bread

11:04 am

Jellen

It's a blindingly bright day here...

11:04 am

westford

typical RI people are stealing snow plows

11:05 am

kje

here too - 22 this morning but the sun is brilliant

11:05 am

westford

you must have all the sun

11:05 am

Dorens

i am always amazed at how whenever there's a snow coming, the supermarkets overflow with people who think they just can't survive for one day without going out,

11:05 am

joshuavorbis

it's 16C outside but drizzling intermittently

11:05 am

westford

we have cat food that's all that matters lol

11:05 am

JBV

so true, dorens -

11:06 am

Dorens

univac was linkletter's computer... which was as big as a small bedroom, which I remember clearly... and thirty years ago when we were told every home would one day have a computer I could only think of that

11:06 am

lynxxx

RI?

11:06 am

jbp

stealing snowplows???

11:06 am

kje

25

11:06 am

Dorens

oh, how nice... I hear the sound of someone shoveling my walk!

11:06 am

westford

off the front of trucks and suv's

11:07 am

kje

this is really a quite zippy little grid for the most part

11:07 am

joshuavorbis

19

11:07 am

jbp

go kj go!!

11:07 am

jbp

wow westford, rhode island's a tough town!! ;-)

11:07 am

westford

someone put a note on the mailbox..for shoveling

11:07 am

kje

23... sure you don't want to race josh ; )

11:07 am

joshuavorbis

who said we aren't?

11:08 am

bichon

nano is a word, shame on Enable

11:08 am

joshuavorbis

i've got a secret camel weapon

11:08 am

westford

apparently they steal the trucks and they're found later minus the plows

11:08 am

westford

I wouldn't walk a mile for one

11:08 am

Jellen

Hi, bichon

11:08 am

inge

Dorens, In the Late 50's Sperry hired several math majors form our college to learn about running Univac computers, tht was the real beginning

11:08 am

kje

well, if we are... let me know, so i will not be distracted by the camel

11:09 am

bichon

Hi Jellen and to all my fellow snowbound Babblers

11:09 am

joshuavorbis

the camel knows all, kje. don't try to fool it.

11:09 am

kje

phantom - overdraw

11:09 am

Jellen

4 left...

11:09 am

Dorens

interesting, inge

11:09 am

kje

go jellen!

11:09 am

westford

in this economy that's a reality kje

11:10 am

Jellen

Hi, inge

11:10 am

kje

lol west

11:10 am

inge

One got a GREAT job with Shell Oil in California

11:10 am

bichon

Kje, I just had a discussion with my friend about aceptable Hb
A1C levels. I was told that anything under 7 was good. He begs to differ and says under 6

11:10 am

kje

what do the 9 and 10 start with? anyone know?

11:10 am

kje

he is wrong

11:11 am

Dorens

ov

11:11 am

Jellen

ov, kje

11:11 am

JBV

ve 9

11:11 am

Erda

with ov

11:11 am

JBV

ov 10

11:11 am

bichon

Thank you Kje. I thought I was doing great with 6.4

11:11 am

kje

i have the ve9... OK, will look for those ov's then

11:11 am

inge

ve9 is a kind of roofed patio

11:11 am

kje

6.4 is very very good... and at your age, I would not aim lower

11:12 am

bichon

Do people have ve's any more?

11:12 am

bichon

I'm happy and I believe in what my MD tells me.

11:12 am

inge

what does hb stand for?

11:13 am

inge

or is it bh?

11:13 am

bichon

Hemoglobin. HbA1C is a blood test that takes into account your blood sugar levels over a 3 month period. It's so you can't cheat the day before your doctor's visit

11:14 am

kje

woohoo - found them

11:15 am

kje

only measured in diabetics, inge... so not a test for everyone

11:15 am

kje

19

11:15 am

inge

aah. That's what my new MD wants to measure, but I cant even get to the first fasting blood test cause of ice on driveway

11:15 am

kje

still missing an o from that tile though - durn it

11:16 am

joshuavorbis

11

11:16 am

joshuavorbis

and just greyed the o

11:16 am

kje

aaaggghhhh

11:16 am

bichon

It's a good test. But, I wouldn't risk driving on ice for it

11:16 am

inge

I agree bichon.

11:17 am

Jellen

Fireworks!

11:17 am

kje

aha

11:17 am

kje

woohoo jellen!!!!!!

11:18 am

inge

bravo Jellen

11:18 am

lynxxx

Congrats Jellen!

11:19 am

kje

one freakin' w too

11:19 am

Jellen

Thank you!

11:19 am

westford

wtg jellen!!

11:20 am

Jellen

kje, do you have the pt of softwa**?

11:20 am

SharonRA

why are spanish words part of this puzzle

11:20 am

joshuavorbis

8

11:21 am

westford

me too

11:21 am

westford

1 left

11:21 am

kje

14

11:21 am

kje

wared

11:21 am

kje

shoot

11:21 am

joshuavorbis

6

11:21 am

kje

ty jellen

11:22 am

kje

12

11:22 am

Jellen

Go, west!

11:22 am

westford

I can't do it !!

11:22 am

westford

if what they call people from your state was a word ...

11:22 am

Jellen

You can do it, west!

11:23 am

pugmama763

lurking fireworks

11:23 am

kje

woohoo for lurking fireworks!!!

11:23 am

Jellen

Yay, pug!!!!

11:24 am

westford

is the last so related to the ones before it?

11:24 am

Jellen

so, west...

11:24 am

kje

just realized I have no r's from that middle tile... interesting

11:24 am

joshuavorbis

hmm

11:24 am

Jellen

no, west, that is!

11:24 am

joshuavorbis

i might be looking for the word you're looking for, west

11:25 am

westford

ty jellen

11:25 am

Jellen

Gorbachev hurried, is the clue I received last night for that so

11:25 am

westford

yippee yay fireworks

11:25 am

Jellen

Yay, west!!!!

11:25 am

westford

thanks jellen!!

11:25 am

joshuavorbis

ha, ty jellen

11:26 am

joshuavorbis

4

11:26 am

kje

woohoo west!!!

11:26 am

kje

ty jellen

11:26 am

westford

I remember seeing something about barishnikov

11:26 am

kje

7

11:27 am

kje

but not really seeing much now

11:27 am

cybernan

hi again -- hoping the break has improved my eyesight!

11:27 am

Jellen

Hi, nan!

11:27 am

kje

i concede josh...

11:27 am

westford

hello nan

11:27 am

kje

and think i will go find lunch

11:27 am

joshuavorbis

whaaaaat? i'm not even done yet

11:28 am

kje

do i get to make a concession speech?

11:28 am

kje

ok, will work until your done, but hurry... i want to beat the line

11:28 am

kje

i will work on my speech

11:28 am

joshuavorbis

don't i have to win first

11:29 am

Jellen

Contests can be called before the final vote count, josh...

11:29 am

joshuavorbis

3

11:29 am

kje

ok, you contemplate that then... and i will try tto pass you

11:29 am

kje

aaaaagggghhh

11:29 am

kje

7

11:29 am

joshuavorbis

only by pansies, i imagine

11:29 am

kje

missing 4 s's

11:30 am

kje

more like a shrinking violet

11:30 am

joshuavorbis

2

11:30 am

joshuavorbis

and both are N's

11:30 am

Jellen

Do you have the cars, kje?

11:30 am

SharonRA

can I have a clue for the first re 5/12?

11:31 am

kje

cars?

11:31 am

lynxxx

TY Jellen

11:31 am

westford

re and spanish day

11:31 am

Jellen

se5 is not a coupe, but a four door se***

11:31 am

kje

ty west

11:31 am

SharonRA

thanks westford, I was making myself crazy

11:31 am

joshuavorbis

1, and it's a 4

11:31 am

kje

oh, yes, have those... was thinking brand

11:32 am

westford

yw

11:32 am

SharonRA

no comments, please :)

11:32 am

joshuavorbis

got it - fireworks

11:32 am

BzznBea

Josh, do you have the ones that are fake paintings?

11:32 am

westford

wouldn't think of it sharon lol

11:32 am

westford

yay josh!!

11:32 am

Jellen

Yay, josh!!!

11:33 am

lynxxx

Congrats Josh!

11:33 am

joshuavorbis

*camel breys in victorious salute*

11:33 am

kje

*refusing to congratulate*

11:33 am

torgone

Clue for lower left e? Please ..

11:33 am

kje

plural the letter tor

11:33 am

westford

stupid woman on TV 'I went from a size 10 to a size 2 do you know what I'd give to be a size 10?

11:33 am

Jellen

es, pluralled

11:33 am

torgone

.. and Heyas all ..

11:34 am

kje

i have 4 left josh... which actually means, I was going faster than you... since i started the race with more left : )

11:34 am

westford

hey torg

11:34 am

lynxxx

hi Tor

11:34 am

torgone

I always miss that ..Thanks!

11:34 am

HarryHood

8 here

11:34 am

Jellen

Size 10 is too small for me...

11:34 am

Jellen

Hi, Harry!

11:34 am

kje

OK... going to list

11:34 am

joshuavorbis

yeah but i changed my icon and checked my mail and answered the telephone

11:34 am

westford

go harry!

11:34 am

HarryHood

hi jell! 7

11:35 am

HarryHood

(I listed after 50%) :)

11:35 am

HarryHood

uh oh babies bbl

11:35 am

kje

2

11:36 am

bichon

does any kind soul have a hint for the last ra 5/12

11:36 am

kje

still that middle r... i only have 2 left and have a blank tile!

11:36 am

kje

egads

11:36 am

bichon

nm, got it

11:36 am

joshuavorbis

kje, think about something that is hard to find

11:36 am

kje

OMG - fish no less

11:36 am

joshuavorbis

and then PT

11:37 am

kje

0

11:37 am

westford

Yay kje!!!

11:37 am

kje

TY josh

11:37 am

joshuavorbis

*camel spits on ground in salute for kje*

11:37 am

lynxxx

congrats kje!

11:37 am

kje

camel spit.... eeeewwwwww

11:37 am

westford

ptooey!

11:37 am

kje

*bowing to josh's clear superiority*

11:37 am

kje

lol

11:38 am

westford

do they really josh?

11:38 am

kje

must run... see you all later - happy hunting, it is a fun grid

11:38 am

joshuavorbis

oh yeah!

11:38 am

westford

bye kje have a great day

11:38 am

kje

FYI - I let you win : )

11:39 am

cybernan

any clues for the bottom a?

11:40 am

westford

more pluses?

11:40 am

lynxxx

au & father

11:40 am

cybernan

oh -- just found the an babblet

11:41 am

westford

the ox?

11:41 am

cybernan

ty lynxxx

11:45 am

Jellen

Late yay for kje!!!

11:46 am

westford

welcome back jellen it's nice to see a friendly face

11:47 am

westford

I have much to do so see you at the flip

11:47 am

Jellen

Bye, west!

11:48 am

Jellen

brb

11:49 am

LuwandaHL

hi everyone, i need the last so6

11:51 am

redturtlehead

Afternoon babblers.

11:51 am

Jellen

Hi, Lu and red!

11:52 am

Jellen

so6= Gorbachev hurried

11:53 am

LuwandaHL

thanks!!!

11:53 am

Jellen

yw!

11:54 am

LuwandaHL

was here earlier but made myself do work. returned to work on pic on the computer and got pulled in again. addicted

11:55 am

Jellen

lol, Lu, aren't we all?

11:57 am

lynxxx

hi Red

11:57 am

redturtlehead

Hi Lynxx how are you and stew?

11:58 am

lynxxx

well if exceedingly hot

11:58 am

redturtlehead

Hot here too actually.but I have AC..

11:59 am

fuquayvarina

lunch over. bye all. bbl, I hope

12:00 pm

lynxxx

bye Fuq

12:00 pm

Jellen

Bye, fuquay

12:00 pm

redturtlehead

Have a good rest of the day Fuquay.

12:02 pm

BabbleRabble

I have green a/c -- open a window a smidge

12:03 pm

lynxxx

hi BR

12:03 pm

Jellen

Hi, BabbleRabble

12:03 pm

cybernan

just found the ov 9-10 -- what a stupid word!

12:04 pm

lynxxx

I agree

12:05 pm

bichon

it is a stupid word, but can you use it in a sentence?

12:06 pm

Atalante

it makes perfect sensible in husband's line of work :P

12:06 pm

lynxxx

hi Ata

12:06 pm

bichon

This is Babble, the home of stupid words

12:06 pm

bichon

Fireworks

12:07 pm

lynxxx

lovely photo Ata

12:07 pm

lynxxx

congrats Bichon

12:07 pm

Atalante

I can! See that tr6 o4 there? He said he was involved in an ov9 yesterday

12:07 pm

Atalante

ty Lynx :)

12:08 pm

BabbleRabble

congrats, Bichon

12:08 pm

Jellen

Yay, Bichon!!!

12:08 pm

stidmama

YAY bichon!!!!

12:08 pm

stidmama

hello all!

12:08 pm

BabbleRabble

the words are merely serving a need perceived by a human

12:08 pm

Jellen

Hi, Ata!

12:09 pm

Jellen

Hi, stid!

12:09 pm

stidmama

woot! and thanks for the ov 9!

12:09 pm

lynxxx

hi Stid

12:09 pm

stidmama

and the ten... LOL

12:09 pm

hurshy

so ata what happened with your tuition

12:09 pm

stidmama

dog is frantic, they are starting to put in the septic system for our neighbors' house today...

12:10 pm

hurshy

and... the dog is distressed about no longer being able to eat the poop?

12:10 pm

Atalante

ha! husband decided that he would pay for the course after all. Isn't that nice? *sarcasm*

12:10 pm

hurshy

what sort of duress was he under when he decided this :)

12:10 pm

stidmama

hmph. immensely nice.

12:11 pm

Jellen

What course?

12:11 pm

Atalante

under the me being intensely sad duress :P

12:11 pm

hurshy

well, good, at least he cares if you're sad

12:12 pm

Atalante

the MSc I've just started, Jellen

12:12 pm

cybernan

ve 9, please? -- hope it doesn't have to do with the porch

12:12 pm

hurshy

here comes mitty clause

12:12 pm

Atalante

it has to do with the porch

12:12 pm

Jellen

past tense of the porch, nan

12:12 pm

Atalante

hi mitty kitty

12:12 pm

hurshy

the house is ve9

12:13 pm

hurshy

she's so much cuddlier than she was when she was a teenaged cat

12:13 pm

cybernan

ty -- couldn't see that

12:14 pm

hurshy

now i have to type one handed though

12:14 pm

cybernan

*!* ta da *!* - thanks for the help :)

12:14 pm

Jellen

Yay, nan!!!!

12:14 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Nan

12:15 pm

elder

Good evening everyone.

12:15 pm

Jellen

Hello, elder

12:15 pm

lynxxx

hi Elder!

12:15 pm

cybernan

We have an hor d'ouvres party here every Thursday evening after golf --- have to think of something to take -- anyone got any ideas?

12:15 pm

KnightTime

if a house can be ve9, then why can't a human be ar5?

12:16 pm

Jellen

Goodbye, all! Must go do what there is to do...

12:17 pm

elder

Lynxx, another good icon :)

12:17 pm

redturtlehead

knight thats an excellent question.

12:17 pm

elder

Bye Jellen.

12:18 pm

HarryHood

I just can't get this last word...

12:18 pm

lynxxx

TY Elder, a great cartoonist/commentator from Melbourne

12:18 pm

HarryHood

ar5 first?

12:18 pm

cybernan

bye all -- off to do some recipe hunting

12:19 pm

lynxxx

a sports ar*** (may not be 1st)

12:20 pm

HarryHood

arghh thanks lynx!

12:20 pm

lynxxx

bye Nan

12:21 pm

HarryHood

later :)

12:21 pm

lynxxx

Congrats Harry, bye

12:25 pm

lynxxx

bye for now, going to see if I can catch some sleep

12:26 pm

redturtlehead

good night Lynnx.

12:27 pm

redturtlehead

I'm going to make a new pot of coffee.

12:34 pm

Atalante

ewew :P

12:35 pm

KatieMcG

hello everyone :-)

12:36 pm

Atalante

hey!!

12:36 pm

KatieMcG

how you doing ata? long time no speak :-)

12:37 pm

Atalante

good! not much to report though!

12:38 pm

KatieMcG

how's the ww going?

12:39 pm

Atalante

good! 3lb last week, and I've just had a drastic hair cut so that should knock off another pound to :P

12:40 pm

KatieMcG

I lost 1.5 lbs this week so thats 10.5 in total. I've made no point soup today as well so I'm very happy about it at the moment

12:41 pm

Atalante

woohoooo!

12:41 pm

Atalante

I am so grateful for WW frozen desserts!

12:42 pm

KatieMcG

Lol and they have been on special offer as well.

12:42 pm

Atalante

I know!!

12:42 pm

KatieMcG

A techie question. I have just changed to safari as my web browser and can't get it to paste into lickety (I use the old list) does anyone know the way round it?

12:43 pm

Dorens

hi all.. katie, i use safari anad it does paste into lickety (i don't have the expert cause i have a mac)

12:44 pm

crosshair

crossy uses firefox

12:44 pm

Atalante

ata uses firefox

12:44 pm

Dorens

actually, i use firefox on my big imac, but safari on the little macbook

12:45 pm

crosshair

ever since the bug filled I.E 6 ive never gone back to it

12:46 pm

KatieMcG

I can't get it to work, it seems to copy the stuff OK but won't paste

12:46 pm

Atalante

I hate IE with a passion

12:47 pm

KatieMcG

I use safari on my iphone and love it so thought I would go over to it. I might pop into IE just to paste and them come back to safari

12:48 pm

Dorens

don't understand that.. i'm not a tech whiz, but i know safari and lickety are compatible here

12:48 pm

crosshair

sorry katie,ive never heard of safari

12:49 pm

KatieMcG

I'll try again tomorrow and then email Lickety if I can't get it working. My cunning plan has worked for today :-)

12:49 pm

Dorens

just did it here and now, on the imac, and it worked fine

12:51 pm

Dorens

oh well, now that I did it to check if it works, i might as well enjoy it.. will certainly help me find these 66 faster

12:51 pm

KatieMcG

hmmmm might be because I haven't got a mac and am using safari on windows system. At least I know a way round it for now, and that it does work on a mac

12:51 pm

KatieMcG

Thank you Dorens

12:53 pm

Dorens

yw, and thank you... zipping along now that i've opened the list

12:58 pm

Atalante

yay for zipping :D

12:58 pm

KatieMcG

clue for the end of da8 please

12:58 pm

Dorens

old american tv show with ark linkletter.. kids say the da******* things!

12:59 pm

Dorens

yah,. am at 36 now, much prettier number

12:59 pm

Atalante

just what I half way through typing

1:00 pm

KatieMcG

thank you dorens :-)

1:00 pm

Dorens

yvw

1:00 pm

Dorens

30. even better

1:01 pm

KatieMcG

dragging my feet at 56

1:01 pm

Plasticmotif

warn

1:01 pm

Plasticmotif

Oops :D

1:02 pm

zoozzoom

Dorens stop getting them so fast....you are putting me to shame..hahaha

1:02 pm

Dorens

the shame is mine... if i find them that fast with the list, then they're ovviously words i know and should have gotten on my own!

1:03 pm

Atalante

oops I just drunk from my watercolour paint water, not my real water *sigh*

1:03 pm

Dorens

well, are your innards now a lovely shade of puce or what?

1:03 pm

Atalante

kinda lime green :)

1:04 pm

Dorens

20. oh lovely lime

1:04 pm

Atalante

I really need an easily identifiable w/colour jar!

1:04 pm

zoozzoom

A beautiful photo on your icon Atlante

1:04 pm

Atalante

ty zoom, Kent a few days ago

1:04 pm

zoozzoom

*Atalante...sorry

1:05 pm

Atalante

I answer to most things, don't worry!

1:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi all...is doren here?

1:06 pm

Dorens

she is!

1:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

hey! how far is nyack from you? up route 17 a ways isn't it?

1:06 pm

Dorens

i'

1:07 pm

Dorens

i'd take 287, actually... it's near the tappan zee bridge

1:07 pm

Dorens

10

1:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

i am listening to a group who submitted for fest and I am considering trying to catch her on Saturday night.
oh, right DuH!

1:08 pm

Dorens

have heard there are some nice venues up there, but never been. if i weren't going to boston, i'd go

1:08 pm

kim m

hey all...is the ve 9 related to the 7??

1:09 pm

Dorens

past tense

1:09 pm

Atalante

yes kim

1:09 pm

kim m

nm...of course it is...

1:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

o"donoghue's tavern ..hi ata , hi kim!

1:09 pm

kim m

as soon as i asked i saw it...

1:10 pm

72 Temple Owl

and i'd like to say "hi to the ve7, too! ;)

1:11 pm

Plasticmotif

verander

1:11 pm

jorjahgal

if there is only one ve 7 I have it but can't figure out how to make it the 9

1:11 pm

Dorens

past tense

1:11 pm

Atalante

past tense it

1:11 pm

Ouwachita

any cloe for the un6/27 ?...last one I need

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

o, what a dubious word!!!

1:11 pm

Atalante

VERY dubious word

1:11 pm

jorjahgal

hmmm the ve 7 is the things outside a house that people can gather on right?

1:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi ouwa!

1:12 pm

Ouwachita

hi temple owl

1:12 pm

Dorens

the dubiousest i've seen today

1:12 pm

Atalante

definitely

1:12 pm

jan

Ouwa, think zombie

1:12 pm

Anniebrook

un + not alive

1:12 pm

Anniebrook

back again, hi everyone

1:12 pm

Dorens

thanks jan and annie

1:12 pm

kim m

went out in a blizzard today for a pedicure....

1:12 pm

Atalante

hi Annie!

1:13 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi annie

1:13 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Atalante

1:13 pm

Ouwachita

ty

1:13 pm

magazinemom

sounds reasonable to me kim lol

1:13 pm

kim m

flip flops in the snow were a little chilly...

1:13 pm

Anniebrook

Hi Owl!

1:13 pm

Ouwachita

aits

1:13 pm

movieman

clue for the 10 plz

1:14 pm

Anniebrook

mm...ve--past tense the porch

1:14 pm

72 Temple Owl

doren had you ever heard of o'donogue's?

1:14 pm

Atalante

ov10 = ov4 + buys and sells shares

1:14 pm

movieman

that's a 9 annie

1:14 pm

kim m

ov 10...above +swaps

1:14 pm

Dorens

no, but i don't really know much about that scene owl

1:14 pm

Anniebrook

mm--that ve clue was for the 9, sorry

1:15 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOl nor do i since i was underage in NJ and legal in NY

1:15 pm

movieman

ty ata and kim

1:15 pm

Anniebrook

mm..you saw it that..okay

1:15 pm

Dorens

3 -- so glad i opened the list

1:15 pm

Plasticmotif

ve-9 is PITA

1:15 pm

Dorens

haha owl, i remember those days... we used to go somewhere up route 17. and something called the golden duck

1:16 pm

72 Temple Owl

we went to mother's in greenwood lake.

1:16 pm

Dorens

funny. hackensack and teaneck, you'd think we'd have gone to the same places

1:17 pm

Atalante

is hackensack a place?

1:17 pm

Dorens

the town next to teaneck... owl and i grew up quite close to one another, it turns out

1:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

LOl and I'm sure we would have met, too! maybe we did but i was too under the weather to remember it.

1:18 pm

Atalante

what wonderful names!

1:18 pm

Dorens

back in those days i used a different substance for the most part

1:18 pm

72 Temple Owl

then we would go the that large chrome diner on 17 for a bite to eat

1:19 pm

Dorens

i loved smoking pot... didn't think it made me as stupid as drinking did... but of course, we're talking about back in the 60's

1:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

they are indian ata - the indians are , phonetically, hackensacki

1:19 pm

Atalante

ohhhh ty that makes sense!

1:20 pm

Dorens

the oritani indians (as they were called back then... now native americans).... in fact the movie theater we used to go to every saturday afternoon was the oritani... i'm sure we met there as kids!

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

and the town gave it's name to the hacky sack!!! :)

1:20 pm

Dorens

apocryphy

1:20 pm

72 Temple Owl

I'm sure we did, doren - you did not go the the Queen ?

1:21 pm

Dorens

i remember the fox and the oritani -- and sometimes actually the teaneck, or whatever the name was of the theater on Cedar Lane.. where was the queen?

1:21 pm

72 Temple Owl

oritam was the chief, i thought the tribe was the source of hackensack...the city seal has oritam on it.

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

i though that was the one on cedar lane - still there.

1:22 pm

Dorens

oh yes of course... you would know better

1:22 pm

Dorens

really? i'll have to drag Ken there someday to see a movie for old time's sake

1:22 pm

72 Temple Owl

not necessaryily - i am well on the way to losing my mind.

1:23 pm

72 Temple Owl

gee ata aren't you glad you asked? ;)

1:23 pm

Atalante

arent we all

1:23 pm

Dorens

Hackensack was the home field of Chief Oritam, leader of the Achkinkeshackey Indians

1:24 pm

Dorens

(googled it, don't get too impressed)

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry :( it's fun reminiscing

1:24 pm

Atalante

its good to learn something new each day :P

1:24 pm

Dorens

i am looking for three evasive little rascals

1:24 pm

72 Temple Owl

yes and you can learn our area being so near NY was greatly steeled by dutch vice british.

1:25 pm

72 Temple Owl

sorry - "settled"

1:25 pm

Dorens

actually teaneck was a corruption of Ten Eyck... a dutch name

1:26 pm

Dorens

i will be back later... i am determined to find these three last words without morewords...

It was for the toe theme ages ago, I do need to change it. They were the only pink things I had on the wedding day :-)

1:35 pm

72 Temple Owl

well very sorry to hear THAT. i hope you have not lost anything ata.

1:36 pm

abetterjulie

Hi everyone! Wow. Look at all the "w" words!!

1:36 pm

Atalante

noooo its just the fields. all the sheep are rather soggy

1:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

*imagines wet wool smell* eewwwwwwwwww

1:37 pm

torgone

Ew. The ewes are pew ..

1:37 pm

BabbleRabble

hello, abetterjulie --- w's are not so difficult

1:37 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi julie. oops phone bbl

1:37 pm

KatieMcG

Hi Julie

1:39 pm

72 Temple Owl

snap, tor

1:40 pm

zoozzoom

any clues for id4,5 pretty please :-)

1:40 pm

KnightTime

i have no id4 what the word is

1:40 pm

Atalante

I'm glad you didnt say "any id4"

1:41 pm

Anniebrook

characterized by a lightbulb over ones heae

1:41 pm

Anniebrook

*head

1:41 pm

zoozzoom

hahaha...thank

1:41 pm

zoozzoom

how on earth did i miss that one

1:42 pm

BabbleRabble

were not on earth?

1:42 pm

periwinkle

help with de5 pls

1:43 pm

torgone

De5 & Cornwall

1:43 pm

Krista

i have 5 w's left and have hit the wall

1:44 pm

abetterjulie

that's how many I have left, Krista!

1:44 pm

abetterjulie

it's the 6 letter ones I can't get.

1:45 pm

periwinkle

don't get your clue, tor

1:45 pm

torgone

wa6&7 - Guy/s who run a prison

1:45 pm

Krista

hey you..just opened Lickety's, that should help..there are some small ones i cant find!

1:45 pm

Anniebrook

wa6 is the head guy at the prison

1:45 pm

Anniebrook

peri, De5 is a town in England

1:45 pm

Krista

got ur email..totally forgot..ty for the reminder

1:46 pm

periwinkle

well I don't know the de5, town in England

1:46 pm

torgone

It's a county in England

1:46 pm

abetterjulie

yw, krista. head guy at prison, huh? I'll have to learn that word!

1:46 pm

BabbleRabble

de 5 -- add, Straford-on-A***

1:46 pm

abetterjulie

o0h, got it, ty Annie!

1:46 pm

magazinemom

peri- also a girls name

1:46 pm

Krista

annie, is it an abbreviation for the town? i see one that may fit

1:47 pm

BabbleRabble

Stratford

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

julie, plural the wa6

1:47 pm

periwinkle

oh, that town in England :-) got it, thanks

1:47 pm

72 Temple Owl

de5shire

1:47 pm

Krista

or county, rather

1:47 pm

periwinkle

still 40 to find

1:47 pm

zoozzoom

A lovely place i must say.

1:47 pm

periwinkle

how are you Owl?

1:47 pm

Anniebrook

krista, de5shire

1:48 pm

Krista

right..i was looking at the 4/8 ty

1:48 pm

periwinkle

love your icon, Owl

1:48 pm

abetterjulie

ok, got head of prison and plural of. Now missing last wa6, 33 and wi6, 33. Hmm...

1:48 pm

Atalante

but it isn't de5shire :P it's just de5

1:48 pm

Krista

ty BR, you are so helpful :)

1:48 pm

BabbleRabble

wi 4/9 --- world **** web

1:49 pm

Krista

right.that's why i asked if it's abbreviation

1:49 pm

BabbleRabble

wi 5 --- make broader; wi 7; pl

1:49 pm

Anniebrook

julie, plural the wi 5/20

1:50 pm

abetterjulie

duh, yes, thanks Annie!

1:50 pm

Anniebrook

youre welcome, julie

1:50 pm

Krista

hubby said to tell u he is a big fan of haloumi, Ata..was describing that curry to him..was part of his favorite greek sandwich

1:51 pm

periwinkle

what is haloumi?

1:51 pm

Atalante

halloumi is gooooooooooood

1:51 pm

Krista

a greek cheese, Peri

1:51 pm

Atalante

its cypriot really

1:51 pm

Atalante

sheep's cheese

1:51 pm

abetterjulie

I like how so many letters only have a few words, makes me feel like I am accomplishing something!

1:52 pm

Krista

i'm still confused why a greek cheese in in a curry, but hey, it sounds delish

1:52 pm

periwinkle

never heard of it, is it like feta?

1:52 pm

periwinkle

I Love curry

1:52 pm

Atalante

kind of ... it's very individual

1:53 pm

Atalante

apparently it's a west indian curry, krista, but that still doesn't explain the cypriot cheese! I have no idea.

1:53 pm

Krista

anthony bourdain was in the Azores on monday's program..interesting food there..except for the whole birds they were eating..bones and all

1:54 pm

hurshy

did they grind them up to make their bread?

1:54 pm

abetterjulie

i like that show. I keep saying i am going to read one of his books.

1:54 pm

periwinkle

30 to find, bbl

1:54 pm

Atalante

little birds?

1:55 pm

72 Temple Owl

well you eat the bones of sardines

1:55 pm

Krista

lol Hursh..no, they just stewed them and ate them whole..didnt catch what kind of bird..very small..gave Johni Kitchen Confidential..maybe u can borrow it when she is done

1:56 pm

72 Temple Owl

i read " kitchen confidential"

1:56 pm

hurshy

well, at least they aren't wasteful

1:56 pm

Atalante

I tried to read Kitchen Confidential

1:56 pm

Krista

i have never had a sardine..did u like it TO?

1:56 pm

Krista

ata didn't :)

1:56 pm

Atalante

sardines on toast are lovely

1:57 pm

abetterjulie

sardines are a very healthy food...lots of Omega threes

1:58 pm

Atalante

yes, very good for you

1:58 pm

Krista

wa 7/48 s'il vous plait?

1:58 pm

hurshy

you know, i really don't understand the french. i know, people say about the wine, but honestly, it seems like they go out of their way to make food fattening. i was thinking about this while making french toast the other day. i was imagining i was an early gaul and thinking, now how can i make TOAST fattening... i know, dip it in EGG!

1:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

i understand when are anchovies and sardines the same thing? without the bones?

1:58 pm

72 Temple Owl

hi hursh my fav breakfast yum

1:59 pm

hurshy

i was v distressed cause i got it going and then realized i had NO SYRUP!

1:59 pm

Anniebrook

kirsta, plural the wa 6/33

1:59 pm

Krista

i was reading how everyone thinks the french are thin because of small portions, but it's really because they smoke so much

1:59 pm

Atalante

similar not teh same

1:59 pm

hurshy

pl of wa6. anthony trollope, "the wa6"

1:59 pm

72 Temple Owl

HERESY1111 no syrup, never syrup, only grqpe jam!!!!

2:00 pm

Krista

oops, Annie..dont have the 6/33

2:00 pm

fruittart

hi. dropping in at a good time . . . talk of food! ;-)

2:00 pm

hurshy

i love it with syrup and powdered sugar... real vermont maple syrup... i'm so new englandy

2:00 pm

72 Temple Owl

and if anyone would like it, i have a recipe for creme brulee french toast, a do ahead suitable for a brunch crowd

2:00 pm

Anniebrook

krista, the wa 6/33 that I have is the head guy at the prison

2:00 pm

Gadget

I once interviewd Aqnthony Bourdain - followed him for a day to parties and restaurants - tried to keep up with him booze wise - ended up sitting on a candle and lighting my jacket on fire in a fancy hotel - he still emails me and laughs about it...

2:01 pm

Krista

oh, ty...i actually had that afterall but hadn't put it on lickety...ty al

2:01 pm

abetterjulie

are there two wa6, 33? I have the head of prison, but not the other. Have the wi6, 33 too.

2:01 pm

72 Temple Owl

gee just realized i've been on and off for hours and we hadn't gotten around to food yet ;)

2:01 pm

fruittart

hurshy -- it was more -- how can we eat this day old baguette w/o breaking our teeth?

2:01 pm

torgone

*Lapsing into diabetic coma thinking of hurshy's breakfast*

2:01 pm

Krista

you can always count on me, TO

2:02 pm

Krista

hey Fruitty..dont see u on the loop much anymore

2:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

:D

2:02 pm

hurshy

well, yes, that too fruit! the italians didn't seem to worry about teeth, just made biscotti

2:02 pm

72 Temple Owl

oooh food and bad puns....

2:02 pm

hurshy

tor, i hardly EVER eat french toast (hence how i didn't realize i had had no syrup in the house for the last 7 months)

2:03 pm

72 Temple Owl

gadget, cool. he's from new jersey, very down to earth guy., would have been in prison if he hadn't become a chef

2:03 pm

Krista

that's so cool Gadget! ok, you can settle a frequent discussion at my house..does he have a drinking problem?

2:03 pm

scribekd

wa6 I've wa* you not to go into dark alleys

2:03 pm

Anniebrook

In my house when I was growing up we put salt on french toast and it was goood

2:03 pm

abetterjulie

awesome scribekd! TY!

2:03 pm

Krista

that's funny, Hurshy..biscotti like Milkbones for people

2:04 pm

hurshy

rather!

2:04 pm

scribekd

wa6-I've wa* you not to go into dark alleys

2:04 pm

Krista

on second thought, dont answer that gadget

2:04 pm

fruittart

lol at milkbones!

2:04 pm

hurshy

you know that reminds me, have i ranted before about the begg'n strips commercial?

2:04 pm

Anniebrook

thanks, scribe...greyed the w's

2:04 pm

Krista

need two more here..

2:04 pm

Atalante

Hobbit loves begging strips

2:05 pm

Anniebrook

go krista go!

2:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

krista, it doesn't seem to be a problem for him.

2:05 pm

fruittart

krista -- not on the loop so much anymore but have just joined facebook -- and all the husband's family are befriending me!

2:05 pm

72 Temple Owl

but he is looking a bit peaked lately don't you all think?

2:05 pm

hurshy

they show a dog a series of inkblots, and every one, the dog says, "it's bacon!" and then they show a pic of a bag of begg'n strips and the dog says, "it's bacon!" and the tag line is "dogs don't know it's not bacon". well apparently they don't know ANYTHING is not bacon, so why would we waste our money?

2:05 pm

Krista

no, it seems to be very easy for him, doesn't it, TO!

2:06 pm

72 Temple Owl

seems like an eternal adolescent. if you read the book you will see

2:06 pm

Atalante

that's silly

2:07 pm

Krista

i will look for you there, fruittart...yes indeed, TO, he does..too thin, too

2:07 pm

72 Temple Owl

just looks old. beat. but he does enjoy life.

2:07 pm

Krista

wa 4/11? hate when the small ones elude me

2:08 pm

Anniebrook

Owl, did you know Anthony Bourdain?

2:08 pm

abetterjulie

wa4/11. A thin sorry looking child

2:08 pm

hurshy

oliver twist, perhaps, or eponine

2:08 pm

72 Temple Owl

btw way did you intentially use "loop' in conujnstion with "fruit"? i LOL at that and thought you very clever! :)

2:09 pm

Krista

**hits self on head** TY julie

2:09 pm

72 Temple Owl

no annie. NJ is not that little ;) gadget does, though.

2:09 pm

Krista

and hursh

2:09 pm

abetterjulie

yw, it is nice to help someone. I seem like i am always bugging for clues!

2:10 pm

Anniebrook

I read Gadget's post, very funny

2:11 pm

Krista

oh TO..wish I could take credit for being clever..i didn't even notice the fruitloop thing..melody and I are on an email loop/list of moms who went to college together

2:11 pm

abetterjulie

whoo hoo got the ve7, 44! yay for me!

2:11 pm

72 Temple Owl

hurshy do you like my kitty icon ?

2:12 pm

Anniebrook

julie, now past tense the ve7 for the 9

2:12 pm

abetterjulie

how do you past tense a porch?

2:12 pm

Atalante

that was my question, julie!

2:12 pm

Anniebrook

In Enable you can do Anything, trust me

2:13 pm

abetterjulie

aha, ty annie!!

2:13 pm

Anniebrook

yw

2:13 pm

abetterjulie

okay, have to look that one up, esp since it wouldn't take vedi!

2:14 pm

abetterjulie

humph. Okay, but if i said that aloud, people would laugh!

2:16 pm

abetterjulie

is the last ve4,7 a babblet? I have the girl name and the tv thing.

2:16 pm

BabbleRabble

* Why was the cat afraid of the tree?
* Because of its bark.

2:16 pm

KatieMcG

tr 5/10 please

2:16 pm

Anniebrook

jule, green in french

2:17 pm

scribekd

the last ve is like the ov5/16 without the o

2:17 pm

abetterjulie

the green in french is the same as the tv thing.

2:18 pm

Anniebrook

jule, then plural the tv thing

2:18 pm

abetterjulie

that's ve5, tho, not ve4. *sigh* I'll get in eventually.

2:18 pm

BabbleRabble

tr 5 is the beginning of ways to get around train car plane walking bike

2:19 pm

72 Temple Owl

tv thing> what is this tv thing? a v word?

2:19 pm

Atalante

we control the horizontal and the ****ical

2:19 pm

abetterjulie

it is short for a math word, Owl.

2:19 pm

Anniebrook

Owl, I just know that ve 4 as green in french only

2:19 pm

Anniebrook

ata, ah!

2:20 pm

Atalante

just had to say it :)

2:20 pm

KatieMcG

thank you for the tr clue :-)

2:20 pm

Anniebrook

2 different clues for the same word

2:21 pm

Krista

i hate suiting kids up to play in the snow..especially when they play for 5 minutes...come in for 10 and want to go back out

2:22 pm

abetterjulie

yes, megan and emma have been outside for TWO hours now! amazing!

2:22 pm

torgone

ve 4 7 9 4 5 .. What do I need?

2:22 pm

Anniebrook

tor, thats what i have too..need one more

2:22 pm

abetterjulie

another 4, torgone. Prb same one I do.

2:22 pm

BabbleRabble

two ve 4 at the beginning

2:23 pm

BabbleRabble

ve 4 Myles

2:23 pm

Anniebrook

ve + au **tural

2:23 pm

torgone

Aha .. ve4, vida, vica

2:24 pm

abetterjulie

it won't take that for me, torgone

2:24 pm

Krista

thats a long time! i told eric this is his last time out to get the most out of it

2:24 pm

hurshy

oh, TO, yes, very cute (and accurate!)

2:25 pm

BabbleRabble

ve 4 -- add an abbr for a western hemisphere continent

2:25 pm

magazinemom

ve** cava

2:25 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hey there everyone. May I please have a clue on the french green one? Thanks

2:25 pm

Anniebrook

see you all later, bye

2:25 pm

abetterjulie

there it is, ty BR!!

2:25 pm

Krista

bye Annie, take care!

2:26 pm

magazinemom

st 5/18? it's driving me crazy

2:26 pm

72 Temple Owl

oh, ok, i habe that ty! see you later everyone

2:26 pm

abetterjulie

brb, gotta go play chess with Alex

2:26 pm

magazinemom

*gets her clown fish ready*

2:26 pm

grant

st+ sushi is *** fish

2:27 pm

KatieMcG

I need it too mag and it's my last one!

2:27 pm

magazinemom

*smacks self*

2:27 pm

magazinemom

ty grant!

2:27 pm

KatieMcG

thanks grant

2:27 pm

grant

YW

2:27 pm

BabbleRabble

ve 4 -- add, the divine *igh* of kings; pl

2:27 pm

Krista

ga, like the word for turning upside down..without the prefix...inve**

2:28 pm

KatieMcG

celebrating fireworks whilst shuffling to the kitchen for some fish

2:28 pm

BabbleRabble

congrats, KatieMcG

2:28 pm

Krista

yay Katie!

2:29 pm

Krista

i always enjoy your profile, BR

2:29 pm

BabbleRabble

ty

2:30 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Hi Krisa, have that one....need ve7-44 thanks

2:30 pm

Krista

oopsie

2:30 pm

grant

ve7 big porch

2:31 pm

KatieMcG

I'm off for the evening as dinner is ready. See you all tomorrow and thanks for the clues

2:31 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks grant.

2:31 pm

grant

yw

2:31 pm

zoozzoom

By Katie

2:32 pm

Pinikula

hi again all

2:32 pm

zoozzoom

hello pinikula

2:32 pm

Krista

hi Pinikula

2:33 pm

redturtlehead

I am so so stuck.

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

same here...lol

2:33 pm

Krista

yw BR..you should blog :)

2:33 pm

zoozzoom

i still have 80 to go

2:33 pm

Krista

hi Red

2:34 pm

redturtlehead

hi krista.

2:34 pm

Pinikula

51 more here

2:34 pm

redturtlehead

29 left here, but I dont want to use list.

2:34 pm

Pinikula

hiya red

2:34 pm

Pinikula

i haven't used list yet either ... hope to keep it that way

2:35 pm

zoozzoom

i have a couple of times...could not help it

2:35 pm

Krista

stid in grid today

2:36 pm

Pinikula

saw that earlier...too bad it doesn't get any points! :(

2:37 pm

Pinikula

I need 2 more 7's

2:37 pm

Pinikula

I have: er, ov, st, ve, wa - what's missing plz?

2:37 pm

Krista

neither do wifts, trev, and nart (monkeys are busy guys today)

2:38 pm

Pinikula

go krista go! lol

2:38 pm

phaeton

51 here too Pini!

2:38 pm

Pinikula

we must have the same words pha!

2:39 pm

Pinikula

anyone have all the 7's??

2:39 pm

phaeton

you tell me yours and i'll tell you mine! ;)

2:39 pm

grant

there's so7

2:39 pm

phaeton

not me, need 4 more

2:39 pm

BabbleRabble

so 7 -- earliest

2:40 pm

Pinikula

oh, thanks...didn't go that direction before! ;)

2:40 pm

BabbleRabble

ov 7 --- finished and faster than a trot

2:40 pm

redturtlehead

I need a hint fo the lonely E in the bottom left corner. please!

2:41 pm

Pinikula

try: phonetic spelling of pl letter

2:41 pm

BabbleRabble

no 7 --add, restricted use items often illegal: ***co*ic*

2:41 pm

redturtlehead

oh thought I had tried that thanks!

2:41 pm

Pinikula

br, you're awesome!!!

2:42 pm

Pinikula

Now just 4,5,6's left

2:42 pm

BabbleRabble

er 6 -- add, country singer Travis: ****y; pl

2:42 pm

Krista

hi Phae

2:43 pm

phaeton

hi krista

2:44 pm

BabbleRabble

wa 6 = armed conflict and Daniel in the lions' ***; pl

2:45 pm

scribekd

any clues for the last so6/27, please-my last word

2:46 pm

Michnick

Hi everyone? How are you all? Warm weather here but we are praying for rain.

2:46 pm

Krista

whoo hoo left column grayed

2:46 pm

phaeton

I still need one 7...wa7; ve7;so7;ov7; no7; er7; ?

2:46 pm

Krista

hi Mich..snow and ice here :)

2:47 pm

redturtlehead

Very warm here, unseasonably so.

2:47 pm

Michnick

where are you Kris? My DH is snowed in in Columbus, OH, we hope he'll get his plane out!

2:47 pm

Krista

plural of wa 6/33 phae

2:47 pm

Vicuna

st7 - it's a pl

2:47 pm

Atalante

VIIIII!

2:47 pm

Vicuna

ATA!!!!!!!

2:48 pm

phaeton

got it, thanks Vi

2:48 pm

Atalante

yay for Vi *dances*

2:48 pm

Vicuna

How are YOUUUUUU?????

2:48 pm

Atalante

trying to watercolour LOL

2:48 pm

Krista

maryland..entire east coast and beyond got hit..i hope so, too! how long has hebeen st6/21 'ed?

2:48 pm

torgone

er7?

2:49 pm

Krista

plural of 6/21 Tor

2:49 pm

Vicuna

Trying to watercolour what?

2:49 pm

Krista

add an s to everything today :)

2:49 pm

Atalante

an island! never done sea or land or sky in watercolour before!

2:49 pm

torgone

er6/21?

2:49 pm

phaeton

er7 to do chores outside

2:49 pm

Pinikula

er7 = pl the "quick trip"

2:50 pm

scribekd

any clues for the last so6/27, please?

2:50 pm

phaeton

er7...to run er*****

2:50 pm

Pinikula

"honey, I'm going to run an er*, do you want anything?"

2:50 pm

Krista

a chore..to run an er****

2:50 pm

Uneaixoise

er6 going to the bank, the grocery, etc.

2:50 pm

torgone

Thanks!

2:50 pm

phaeton

I don't have it scribe

2:50 pm

scribekd

thanks, phaeton. it's my last word & I have to go to a union rally

2:50 pm

Vicuna

Oooh, sounds nice. (and challenging) Tropical? Stormy? Sark?

2:50 pm

Krista

nor do I, scribe

2:51 pm

Uneaixoise

so6/27 sounds like phonetic spelling of one who is a ruler of a country

2:51 pm

scribekd

thanks, Krista for looking

2:51 pm

Krista

sure scribe

2:51 pm

Atalante

tropical, in theory. it's just a mess at the moment!

2:51 pm

Pinikula

une, it's not working for me, :(

2:52 pm

Vicuna

Oh well. These tropical islands so often are. =P

2:52 pm

phaeton

use a diff vowel pini

2:52 pm

scribekd

I must be doing something wrong Une-I tried that with no luck

2:52 pm

Krista

cant get it

2:52 pm

Krista

sovera

2:52 pm

Uneaixoise

so + consonant + jogged

2:52 pm

Pinikula

different vowel? can't reach many!

2:52 pm

phaeton

so...*ery sad...I *** down the lane and fell

2:52 pm

Atalante

we shall see what happens! I've kinda got the hang of sky, t's sea that's hard!

2:53 pm

Uneaixoise

almost, krista!

2:53 pm

Krista

DANG

2:53 pm

Pinikula

oooooh, thx!!!

2:53 pm

scribekd

GOT IT-I was using the wrong second vowel-many, many thanks, Une-

2:53 pm

Krista

got it *blushing*

2:53 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

2:53 pm

phaeton

WTG scribe...enjoy the rally!

2:54 pm

Vicuna

Son just found me the ne4/5. Takes one to know one, I guess! lol

2:54 pm

scribekd

thanks-we're protesting the cuts to higher education in TN

2:55 pm

Uneaixoise

where are you, scribe?

2:55 pm

scribekd

Knoxville

2:55 pm

Atalante

lol a child of glory indeed!

2:55 pm

phaeton

careful of the weather out there

2:55 pm

Uneaixoise

did you get lots of snow?

2:56 pm

Uneaixoise

scribe?

2:56 pm

phaeton

stuck on that bottom A...any hints?

2:56 pm

Uneaixoise

an4/4 babblet

2:56 pm

Vicuna

one is au5/16. That's all I have so far.

2:56 pm

Uneaixoise

an4/4 poetic "shortly"

2:57 pm

scribekd

bottom a-think of dogs-Great D**** & drop the d

2:57 pm

Uneaixoise

au5 au + poppa

2:57 pm

Uneaixoise

and plural

2:57 pm

phaeton

that shortly comes from the other A

2:57 pm

Vicuna

Oh duh. Thanks, Une!

2:57 pm

Uneaixoise

ok

2:57 pm

Krista

hungry, wet masses coming inside..bbl..thanks for clues

2:57 pm

Uneaixoise

yw :-)

2:58 pm

scribekd

ok-try the an + 2 vowels

2:58 pm

Uneaixoise

later, krista

2:58 pm

Vicuna

Bye, krista.

2:58 pm

phaeton

got em...thanks all

2:58 pm

scribekd

or the 1st 4 letters to a poet without any name

2:59 pm

Vicuna

Poor Tolkein's rolling in his grave -- it doesn't take "dwarven!"

2:59 pm

forwardbyfaith

how can dane not be in the dictionary??? Great Dane?

2:59 pm

zoozzoom

Well Done phaeton

2:59 pm

Vicuna

(Or is it Tolkien. Sorry, Ata! lol)

2:59 pm

Atalante

lmao you just got there first :P

2:59 pm

Vicuna

capitalized, forward

2:59 pm

abetterjulie

ok, I am back. Won the chess game, but mostly by luck right at the end.

2:59 pm

Atalante

you WILL remember how to spell his name one day!! :P

2:59 pm

phaeton

ty zooz..but still have 37 to go :)

3:00 pm

Vicuna

I just have to think of it as German and I'll be fine.

3:00 pm

Atalante

actually, the word dwarven was not used in The Hobbit or LotR or The Silmarillion!

3:00 pm

zoozzoom

oops...teach me for not paying attention to the chatterbox section..lol

3:00 pm

Atalante

(I got told that only yesterday)

3:01 pm

Vicuna

No? He can lie still then.

3:01 pm

Atalante

isn't that odd, I thought it was a lot, but no!

3:01 pm

Vicuna

But it's still a word in my opinion.

3:01 pm

BabbleRabble

lots of people prevaricate without lip movement

3:01 pm

Vicuna

I'm pretty sure I've used it in MY writing, anyway! lol

3:01 pm

Atalante

mine too

3:02 pm

Atalante

me too!

3:03 pm

Atalante

VI = babble twin!

3:04 pm

Vicuna

=D

3:05 pm

Pinikula

OK...2 more words before going back to work....1 A and 1 U from the lower left, pretty plz?

Yes Vic and in Hebrew we say Shalom Aleichem, like Salaam Aleikem. There are many cognates (even if I didn't know that is what they are called!)

3:15 pm

Judi

I think I got some cognates stuck in my teeth once.

3:15 pm

Michnick

Ouch!

3:16 pm

Atalante

is that pronounced Alei*k*em, or Aleichem

3:16 pm

Vicuna

That's cool, Michnick. I don't know enough of either language to have noticed any other examples.

3:17 pm

Vicuna

I'm sure you did, Judi. They're everywhere!

3:17 pm

redturtlehead

The Sudanese pronounced it sort of like the first way Ata, but...I imagine there are other pronunciations....I mean these were not original Arabic speakers.

3:17 pm

Michnick

in Arabic it is a hard K sound, in Hebrew it is the gutteral ch

3:18 pm

Atalante

hmmm interesting

3:20 pm

mo

Judi ... did you get the de5 and 6?

3:20 pm

chiley

De5 is my daughter's name....Hi Babblers

3:21 pm

Judi

Yes, I did, Mo. thanks.

3:21 pm

mo

hi chiley.

3:23 pm

mo

lovely name and so original chiley.

3:24 pm

redturtlehead

could I please have a few clues for the A on the bottom. I have only one.

3:24 pm

Judi

Clue for an5/10, please?

3:24 pm

mo

an5/10 ... a + close.

3:25 pm

phaeton

au5...mom and ***

3:25 pm

redturtlehead

close close close....shut....

3:25 pm

phaeton

an + *a*y words are not always found

3:26 pm

phaeton

close by

3:26 pm

Judi

more like close to.

3:26 pm

redturtlehead

looking....

3:26 pm

phaeton

we have too many words that are spelled the same but mean different things

3:26 pm

redturtlehead

ooooh

3:26 pm

phaeton

that's the other A red

3:27 pm

redturtlehead

I had those... ;(

3:27 pm

lynxxx

a & ***h built the ark

3:28 pm

phaeton

au6 pl the au5

3:28 pm

redturtlehead

TY lynnx, I cant believe I forgot that babblet.

3:28 pm

redturtlehead

TY for the pl phae, now I am done with the A's

3:28 pm

lynxxx

yw

3:29 pm

abetterjulie

ty, that was the one i was hunting!

3:29 pm

redturtlehead

16 left.

3:30 pm

phaeton

I;m not! still need one from the middle and 5 from the top A

3:31 pm

redturtlehead

Do you have the word that looks like the ED 4 (onften done for newspaper)but starts with A?

3:31 pm

mo

top a is a plural of previous word

3:32 pm

BabbleRabble

the mine entrance

3:32 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 4 -- add, freely of your own **lition; pl

3:33 pm

phaeton

top done...just one more from the middle A

3:34 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 6?

3:34 pm

phaeton

any ao?

3:34 pm

lynxxx

TY BR, of course I didn't get that, it's onlly morning here

3:34 pm

phaeton

no...don

3:34 pm

phaeton

don't have ar6

3:34 pm

mo

phaeton ... an5 .... a + close.

3:35 pm

phaeton

need ar6

3:35 pm

mo

ar6 ... add a refusal to previous word.

3:35 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 6 -- add a congressman: ***at*r

3:35 pm

Minveryork

ar6/18 tv host ar***i* Hall BabbleRabble and phaeeton

3:36 pm

Vicuna

Bother. Wretched demanding offspring. They're rolling a die to see which one of them gets to make me play with them first! Son won, so I'll start with building a track. Playing animal village will be next. Finishing my Babble grid... who knows. Sigh.

3:36 pm

phaeton

ty BabRab...thought of that one, but nevertyped it :)

3:36 pm

abetterjulie

good clue, Minver, ty.

3:36 pm

Judi

Clues for last three: re5/12, so6/27 and st5/18. Humble thanktitoods.

3:36 pm

Atalante

bothersome children!!

3:36 pm

phaeton

have fun Vi

3:36 pm

Minveryork

Good afternoon to all babblers!How is everyone doing

3:37 pm

Minveryork

By the way, congratulations to all the finishers! YAY!

3:37 pm

Michnick

HUH? I didn't get that clue

3:37 pm

Judi

Hiya, Min!

3:37 pm

BabbleRabble

st 5 --- turkey is in there

3:38 pm

lynxxx

so6.27 s & o7 less er

3:38 pm

Judi

Mich - he used to be a talk show host here. He also starred with Eddie Murphy in a few movies.

3:38 pm

mo

hi Minver.

3:39 pm

lynxxx

re5.12 tv, newspapers. radio are all m****

3:39 pm

BabbleRabble

re 5 -- add a sun ***l; or who wants to buy this ***mond ring she took

3:39 pm

phaeton

re5/12?

3:39 pm

Michnick

No, I know the name but I can't get the ar from it,

3:39 pm

Michnick

No, I know the name but I can't get the ar from it,

3:40 pm

Judi

Got the others. Don't get the so6/27 clue, lynxx.

3:40 pm

Minveryork

ar 6/18:anagram of fire crime with extra vowel in it.

3:40 pm

phaeton

TY BR

3:40 pm

Michnick

Thanks Minerv, mo, got it

3:40 pm

mo

re5/12 ... re + sun***l

3:40 pm

Minveryork

re 5/12 word is re plus spanish word for dai phaeton.

3:41 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 6 -- add a spanish title for a man: ****r

3:41 pm

phaeton

so + *ery hard words today....I *** down the hill and fell

3:41 pm

lynxxx

got the O7 Judi?

3:41 pm

Judi

Yes, lynxxx.

3:41 pm

lynxxx

Judi - drop er from that and add to the s

3:41 pm

Minveryork

ov7/40 : ov4/7 plus what I did in the marathan lynxx

3:42 pm

Judi

TY. FIREWORKS!

3:42 pm

Minveryork

Oh sorry lynxx.Thought you were asking Judi for clue

3:42 pm

lynxxx

TY Min, but was just using that in a clue

3:42 pm

BabbleRabble

congrats, Judi

3:42 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations Judi on your fireworks! Good for you

3:42 pm

lynxxx

Hooray for Judi!

3:43 pm

BabbleRabble

ar 6 -- add, ventriloquist, ****r Wences

3:43 pm

Michnick

Anybody have the o from the middle of the right column?

3:43 pm

mo

well done Judi.

3:43 pm

Judi

*Bowing* Oh, please. The rose petals are just too much.

3:44 pm

JBV

hi everyone, on 4/4 - not fives or tens

3:44 pm

mo

just appreciate them Judi!!!

3:44 pm

Judi

Scooting off to heat up tea. See you kids tomorrow.

3:44 pm

mo

hi JBV.

3:44 pm

Michnick

TY JBV, when you look too hard you miss the simple ones.

3:44 pm

mo

bye Judi.

3:45 pm

JBV

well i must be missing 36 simple ones then, :), that's what I need to finish

Hmm, I am missing one an4, I have the connecting word (pl), the unnamed one and the ark builder, what am I missing.

3:47 pm

Minveryork

Hello P.J.! How are you doing? Welcome to the puzzle

3:47 pm

abetterjulie

I really should go start dinner, speaking of food, red.

3:47 pm

lynxxx

hi JBV & PJ

3:47 pm

Michnick

I'd better be careful of the PB, I just swore off sugar.

3:48 pm

JBV

window pan**

3:48 pm

P.J.

hiya Min how are you:)

3:48 pm

Minveryork

an 4/4 is anagram of the opposite of crazy Michnick.

3:48 pm

abetterjulie

like the undies but without the H, Mich

3:48 pm

redturtlehead

me too, on dinner, I am trying to make it a balanced meal...

3:48 pm

P.J.

hey lyn!!!

3:49 pm

Minveryork

I am well P.J.Had a snow day today, so can't complain

3:49 pm

abetterjulie

we are having sweet potato soup with cannelli beans.

3:49 pm

Michnick

thanks minervm abetter & JBV

3:49 pm

JBV

me too, Min! hooray for snow days!

3:49 pm

Minveryork

I'm off to check my email. I will be back to finish later

3:49 pm

lynxxx

you don't work on a snow day?

3:49 pm

JBV

unfortunately they called at 4:30 a.m. to tell me I could go back to sleep (after calling three more people on the chain)

3:49 pm

P.J.

we have had bitter COLD and sun shine

3:50 pm

JBV

lynxxx, if the schools are closed we have the day off - road conditions were very bad in the a.m.

3:50 pm

JBV

now it's just rain

3:50 pm

abetterjulie

ok, have to take a break. bye all

3:50 pm

forwardbyfaith

ov9,10 please?

3:50 pm

redturtlehead

I do not know what I want to eat, but it looks like ti will involve salmon.

3:50 pm

Minveryork

I'm a teacher. My school was closed because of snow.

3:51 pm

lynxxx

sounds very reasonable!

3:51 pm

JBV

red, I made salmont this week - lightly breaded, baked in the oven - delicious!

3:51 pm

redturtlehead

Amazing, it was in the low 80's today.

3:51 pm

JBV

what grade do you teach, Min?

3:51 pm

redturtlehead

Nice JBV.

3:51 pm

Minveryork

I teach English as a Second Language (ESL) all grades

3:52 pm

JBV

no way! that is my field, too! was an ESL teacher for many many years - now i direct a bilingual/esl program

3:52 pm

P.J.

yesterday we had a low of -20*

3:53 pm

BabbleRabble

is english as a second language a remedial course for those who were disinclined to learn it the first time?

3:54 pm

JBV

no, BR, i know you're kidding - it's second for those who learned another language first (chronologically)

3:54 pm

Minveryork

Wow! That's great JBV! I LOVE ESL.I could NEVER be a classroom teacher! I believe that the ESL students are better behaved than the monolingual students.

3:55 pm

periwinkle

Min and JBV were you regular teachers before you became ESL teachers?

3:55 pm

JBV

well, most of them have intrinsic motivation which counts for a lot, but of course "ESL students" is a broad category, covering different ages, backgrounds, languages, educational experiences, etc.

3:55 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for ra5-12? Thanks

3:56 pm

JBV

regular, peri - do you mean we are now irregular?

3:56 pm

Kallia

last word and I cantfind it

3:56 pm

periwinkle

I am a retired social worker, thinking of becoming an ESL teacher for Adults

3:56 pm

Minveryork

I taught adult ESL classes for several years. I like to work w/all ages.I think that there are advantages & disadvantages to working with both the age groups.

3:56 pm

JBV

sorry, but i've been answering questions like that for 38 years.... :)

3:56 pm

Kallia

its a u6

3:56 pm

periwinkle

I meant classroom teacher :-)

3:56 pm

P.J.

my daughter is a teachers aid and health aid and she loves it :)

3:56 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Oh, sorry, that is ra5-12 the 1st.

3:56 pm

Kallia

any help please?

3:57 pm

JBV

peri it is a great profession- very satisfying and very needed

3:57 pm

periwinkle

guess it depends on the class you are assigned to, PJ

3:57 pm

Minveryork

ra5/12 is plural of the ra 4/5 word gapeach1066 & hi

3:57 pm

BabbleRabble

ra 5 -- add, Johnson or Pardo's first

3:57 pm

periwinkle

My undergraduate degree in in elem. ed. but I never taught after graduation

3:57 pm

JBV

and I have taught all ages too from pre-k to college - each group has its special attraction

3:57 pm

Minveryork

un 6/24 is to something that is not finished yet kallia

3:58 pm

periwinkle

does it require lots of training?

3:58 pm

JBV

I was trained as a Spanish and French teacher - never did that, got my first job in ESL, have stayed there forever

3:58 pm

BabbleRabble

un 6 --- alive

3:58 pm

Kallia

I have that on Minver, thanks :)

3:58 pm

P.J.

kinergarden and young 4's

3:58 pm

periwinkle

the kids are really cute at that age, PJ

3:58 pm

Kallia

oh shoot...thanks BR

3:59 pm

BabbleRabble

congrats, Kallia

3:59 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

BabbleRabble, thanks, but I don't know them.

3:59 pm

P.J.

yes they are :)

3:59 pm

Kallia

thanks :)

3:59 pm

Michnick

I have one a left, the ar5 from the top a, any hints?

3:59 pm

JBV

peri, about the training, I think it depends on the state you're in - NJ has specific requirements for certification

4:00 pm

periwinkle

I am in PA

4:00 pm

phaeton

ar5...stadiumlike

4:00 pm

redturtlehead

ok, taking dog out and dealing with my dinner.

4:00 pm

JBV

to teach adults, it's different, - have you contacted an adult ESL center? they would be able toa dvise you

4:00 pm

periwinkle

I looked into it last year. Seemed like a lot of work. Will look into it again.

4:00 pm

redturtlehead

See you guys laters.

4:00 pm

Minveryork

I have never been a classroom teacher which is why I say I could never be a classroom teacher. I have so respect for those who are classroom teachers. They really have their work cut out for them.I don't know how they do it! But I love my job and love what I do.

4:00 pm

phaeton

bye red

4:00 pm

lynxxx

bye Red

4:00 pm

periwinkle

really need to find a part time job

4:00 pm

JBV

bye red - enjoy your dinner

4:00 pm

BabbleRabble

ra 5 --- add, ***ald duck

4:01 pm

periwinkle

that is great Min, never was able to say that about social work

4:01 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Bless you BabbleRabble.

4:01 pm

periwinkle

I will do that JVB\

4:02 pm

JBV

peri, we ESL teachers like to joke that we are really social workers, too - it comes with the territory

4:02 pm

periwinkle

9 left

4:02 pm

periwinkle

well then I would be good at it. I was good as a social worker too, but it had its frustrating moments

4:03 pm

phaeton

are there any NU words?

4:03 pm

JBV

when you are dealing with people in need, it can be frustrating, but also as I said, deeply rewarding

4:03 pm

Minveryork

The Social Worker in my school does not give "social work" a great reputation,however,I know that they have a tough job to do. I could never do that either.

4:03 pm

BabbleRabble

so much gets shunted off on teachers, almost need an advanced degree in psychology

4:03 pm

lynxxx

no nu

4:04 pm

periwinkle

I worked in hospitals

4:04 pm

phaeton

ty

4:04 pm

periwinkle

don't think I want to work with people in need again tho

4:04 pm

Minveryork

I think ALL teachers are social workers in a way,not just ESL teachers. Teachers have to wear many hats

4:04 pm

JBV

true, BR, but good teachers have an instinct for dealing with people, after all these years, i believe there is a limit to what training can do - it has to come from within

4:06 pm

BabbleRabble

well, in my view, better parenting goes a long way to helping teachers

4:06 pm

P.J.

I agree JBV :)

4:07 pm

Minveryork

Yes, definitely BabbleRabble! I see the effects of bad parenting everyday. I teach in an inner city school.

4:07 pm

periwinkle

re5/12 pls

4:08 pm

JBV

actually, BR, we have ongoing parenting classes for exactly that reason

4:08 pm

JBV

what district, Min? (i'm originally from NYC)

4:08 pm

Minveryork

It's hard to get through to a child if you do not have parental support.Some parents don't value education

4:08 pm

BabbleRabble

as far as coming from within, that is a trait that every profession and career needs

4:08 pm

Minveryork

re 5/12 is re plus the spanish word for day periwinkle

4:09 pm

periwinkle

thanks Min

4:09 pm

periwinkle

3

4:09 pm

Minveryork

Yonkers Public Schools (hope no one is from Yonkers)

4:09 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:10 pm

BabbleRabble

too often, the parent/teacher relationship is adversarial .... a lot different from years ago

4:12 pm

Minveryork

If the parents don't value education, neither do the students & I see that everyday in my school district.

4:14 pm

Michnick

Hi folks, back after getting a phone call from DH. Seems snow is letting up, in Columbus at least.

4:14 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for se5-12 the 1st? Thanks

4:14 pm

JBV

the first se I have is a car, peach

4:15 pm

Minveryork

se 5/12 is a compact car with 4 doors gapeach1066.

4:15 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks so much, Minveryork.

4:15 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:16 pm

JBV

if wift was a word, i'd be finished with the w's by now - just need one more

4:17 pm

JBV

are there more than 5 wi's?

4:17 pm

Minveryork

no

4:17 pm

JBV

ok, thanks, min, so i guess i need a wa - but which one?

4:18 pm

JBV

oh! found it! so w's are now done

4:18 pm

Minveryork

Go JBV go!

4:19 pm

periwinkle

can't see the tr5/10

4:19 pm

Minveryork

The tr 5/10 word sometimes means across periwinkle

4:19 pm

periwinkle

NM found it and FIRWORKS

4:20 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations periwinkle on fireworks! Good for U!

4:20 pm

zoozzoom

Wll done Perwinkle

4:20 pm

periwinkle

thanks Min

4:20 pm

periwinkle

see you all tomorrow

4:20 pm

Minveryork

Goodbye periwinkle!I will see you tomorrow in the log

4:21 pm

JBV

congrats, peri!

4:21 pm

Minveryork

Hello zoozzoom! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

4:21 pm

Krista

hi again

4:22 pm

Minveryork

Congratulations zoozzoom on going pro and welcome

4:22 pm

zoozzoom

Thank Min

4:22 pm

Minveryork

Hello Krista! How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

4:22 pm

fuquayvarina

hello again. babbling for a few minutes before going out into the rain to drive home.

4:22 pm

Minveryork

Hello fuquayvarina!How are you? Welcome to the grid

4:23 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

May I please have a clue for ti5-10? Thanks

4:23 pm

Krista

hey Min

4:23 pm

Minveryork

A ti 5/10 is what a princess might wear gapeach1066

4:23 pm

fuquayvarina

what a princess wears on her head

4:24 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

Thanks y'all

4:24 pm

Minveryork

yw

4:25 pm

Krista

min..you have social workers in your school?

4:25 pm

fuquayvarina

getting very frustrated. only 13 words left, but 2 are 7's and 4 are 6's. how can i be missing all those long words?

4:25 pm

Minveryork

I have one social worker, but she isn't very effective

4:26 pm

Krista

i caught the end bit of that conversation..they are either very good or bad, in my experience

4:27 pm

Minveryork

Don't want a clue, but is the ve9 an extension of ve7

4:27 pm

fuquayvarina

yes

4:27 pm

Minveryork

Well unfortunately,we have one of the very bad ones

4:27 pm

Minveryork

Thanks fuquayvarina

4:28 pm

Krista

we good ones (smiling) tend to burn out very quickly

4:28 pm

abetterjulie

hi, anyone know if the ne4,4 is a babblet?

4:28 pm

Krista

dont miss it at all..miss the people but not the red tape

4:28 pm

Minveryork

It is not a babblet, but it is fish-worthy abetterjulie.

4:28 pm

fuquayvarina

one of them is, I would say

4:29 pm

Krista

it's a common suffix, Julie

4:29 pm

abetterjulie

ah, ty, Minver. I was looking at the top n, not the bottom!

4:30 pm

Krista

we have no water..ugh..has to be a pipe issue

4:31 pm

godthaab

How many words today?

4:31 pm

wildcat17

161

4:31 pm

Minveryork

161

4:31 pm

abetterjulie

oh, no Krista.

4:31 pm

godthaab

Thanks.

4:31 pm

Minveryork

Hi godthaab!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

4:32 pm

Minveryork

Hi wildcat17!How are you doing? Welcome to the grid

4:32 pm

Krista

bill was paid, and we have it downstairs in the utility sink..guess i'll be bathing there later

4:32 pm

abetterjulie

i hope you don't have a burst pipe leaking into the house somewhere!

4:33 pm

Krista

haven

4:33 pm

wildcat17

hi min

4:33 pm

godthaab

Thank you.

4:34 pm

Krista

sorry..we had a look and didnt see anything wrong..i had just finished making dinner..darn, guess i cant do the dishes

4:34 pm

Michnick

Are the ov 9 & 10 compound words with the ov 4/7?

4:34 pm

gapeach1066@yaho

I need two to finish: na4-4 the 2nd and ne5-10 please. Thanks

4:34 pm

Krista

Go GApeach!

4:34 pm

fuquayvarina

na 4/4 is a babblet, two vowels in the middle

4:35 pm

Minveryork

An ne5/10 is rhymes with a breath mint gapeach1066

4:35 pm

Minveryork

That na 4/4 is n plus two more vowels gapeach1066.

4:35 pm

Michnick

Any help with the ov 9 & 10?

4:36 pm

Minveryork

na 4/4:n plus 2 vowels plus snake letter gapeach1066

4:36 pm

fuquayvarina

ov 9 and 10 are compounds with a tr5

4:36 pm

abetterjulie

a breath mint?

4:36 pm

lil*monkey

hello?

4:36 pm

Krista

am just not finding that one..na 4/4

4:37 pm

wildcat17

hi monkey

4:37 pm

littlebit

MONKEY!!!!!!!!!

4:37 pm

Michnick

thanks fuquay

4:37 pm

abetterjulie

hi Monkey!

4:37 pm

Minveryork

Hello lil*monkey! How are you? Welcome to the puzzle

4:37 pm

gramma

Stoopid game! I have both F's, only 1 shows up on the tile stats. I've tried refreshing....nothing! Stoopid game.(Actually I love it; but, don't tell. Shh)

4:37 pm

fuquayvarina

or an alternate spelling of "nuts", julie

4:37 pm

Krista

hi monkey..why the ?

4:37 pm

P.J.

hey monkey :)

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

hi littlebit! hi wildcat! hi jule!

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

hi PJ!

4:37 pm

Minveryork

Hello littlebit!How are you doing?Welcome to the grid

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

hi Krista!

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

it was a typo, kirsta

4:37 pm

lil*monkey

i meant to say Hello!

4:37 pm

littlebit

i'm fine min. and you?

4:38 pm

Krista

thought you weren't so sure about it :)

4:38 pm

lil*monkey

hi minver!

4:38 pm

Michnick

Gramma, that has happened to me. I just close the game and reopen a new page.